Term Name: hypothalamic nucleus
Synonyms: nucleus of hypothalamus
Definition: A nucleus of brain that is part of a hypothalamus.
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0006568]

Relationships
is part of: hypothalamus
has parts: magnocellular neurosecretory cell (duplicate class)
is a type of: diencephalic nucleus nucleus of brain
has subtype: anteroventral periventricular nucleus arcuate nucleus of hypothalamus caudal periventricular hypothalamus central nucleus inferior lobe circular nucleus of antherior hypothalamic nucleus diffuse nuclei dorsal hypothalamic nucleus dorsomedial nucleus of hypothalamus intermediate periventricular nucleus lateral hypothalamic nucleus lateral mammillary nucleus lateral preoptic nucleus lateral tuberal nucleus medial mammillary nucleus medial preoptic nucleus nucleus of the lateral recess nucleus of the posterior recess nucleus preopticus nucleus recessus nucleus recessus preopticus paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus perifornical nucleus periventricular nucleus of hypothalamus posterior nucleus of hypothalamus posterior periventricular nucleus premammillary nucleus rostral tuberal nucleus suprachiasmatic nucleus supramammillary nucleus supraoptic nucleus tuberal supraoptic nucleus tuberomammillary nucleus ventromedial nucleus of hypothalamus