medial preoptic nucleus

Term ID

UBERON:0002035

Synonyms

• area praeoptica medialis
• area preopticus medialis
• medial preoptic hypothalamic nucleus
• MPO
• nucleus praeopticus medialis
• nucleus preopticus medialis

Definition

The medial preoptic nucleus is bounded laterally by the lateral preoptic nucleus, and medially by the preoptic periventricular nucleus. It releases gonadotropin-releasing hormone, controls copulation in males, and is larger in males than in females.[WP,unvetted]. (2)

References

• BAMS:MPO
• DHBA:10470
• DMBA:15604
• EMAPA:35549
• HBA:4544
• MA:0000840
• MBA:515
• UMLS:C0175313
• UMLS:C1289555
• birnlex:706
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=380
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_dimorphic_nucleus
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0175313
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1289555
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/369128005

Ontology

Uberon Ontology