suprachiasmatic nucleus

Term ID

UBERON:0002034

Synonyms

• nucleus suprachiasmaticus
• nucleus suprachiasmaticus hypothalami
• SCh
• SCN
• suprachiasmatic nucleus (Spiegel-Zwieg)
• suprachiasmatic nucleus of hypothalamus

Definition

* An ovoid densely packed collection of small cells of the anterior hypothalamus lying close to the midline in a shallow impression of the optic chiasm. (MSH) * small group of nerve cell bodies in the supraoptic region of the hypothalamus, just above the optic chiasm; influences rhythmic aspects of hypothalamic functions in many vertebrate species. (CSP)

References

• BAMS:SCH
• BAMS:SCh
• BM:Die-Hy-SCN
• BTO:0001822
• CALOHA:TS-0992
• DHBA:10480
• DMBA:15660
• EFO:0002475
• EMAPA:35841
• EV:0100228
• GAID:645
• HBA:12908
• MA:0000843
• MBA:286
• MESH:A08.186.211.730.385.357.342.625
• NCIT:C74537
• Suprachiasmatic:nucleus
• TAO:0000441
• UMLS:C0038866
• UMLS:C1289559
• VHOG:0000036
• XAO:0004072
• ZFA:0000441
• birnlex:1325
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=384
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0038866
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1289559
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/369132004

Ontology

Uberon Ontology