Preoptic area

Preoptic area
Preoptic area is 'PO', at left, in blue.
Preoptic area of the mouse brain
Details
Identifiers
Latinarea praeoptica
Acronym(s)POA
MeSHD011301
NeuroNames377
NeuroLex IDbirnlex_1706
TA98A14.1.08.407
TA25710
FMA62313
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The preoptic area is a region of the hypothalamus. MeSH classifies it as part of the anterior hypothalamus. TA lists four nuclei in this region, (medial, median, lateral, and periventricular).

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