Term: forebrain ventro-rostral cluster
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Name: forebrain
Synonyms: prosencephalon
Definition: The most anterior region the brain including both the telencephalon and diencephalon.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000109]
Name: ventro-rostral cluster
Synonyms: ventral rostral cluster, ventrorostral cluster, vrc
Definition: Early-forming neural cluster located in the rostral diencephalon. At 19 h, axons arising from the vrc grow caudally to pioneer the tract of the postoptic commissure (TPOC).
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0007002]