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Pituitary gland left


Abbreviation
PIT
Color       
Superior regionsDiencephalon

SynonymsAbbr.Language
Glandula pituitaria Lat
Hirnanhangdrüse Ger
Hypophyse Ger
Hypophysis Eng
Hypophysis cerebri  
Pituitary glandPITEng

SubregionsSide
Anterior lobe of pituitaryleft
Intermediate lobe of pituitaryleft
Posterior lobe of pituitaryleft
Infundibular recessleft
Main neurohypophysial tractleft
Vasopressinergic fiber bundle in the ventromedial stalk and postrior lobeleft

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Nucleus of the medial forebrain bundleipsiNmfb-0.5
Lateral preoptic areaipsiLPO2
Medial preoptic areaipsiMPA2
Medial preoptic nucleusipsiMPO-0.5
Tuberomammillary nucleusipsiTuM3
Lateral zoneipsiLHA3
Lateral hypothalamic areaipsiLH2
Magnocellular nucleus of the lateral hypothalamusipsiMCLH-0.5
Anterior hypothalamic areaipsiAHA2
Nucleus circularisipsiNC3
Periventricular zoneipsiPVZ0.5
Arcuate nucleusipsiArc3
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus caudal partipsiPaPoC0
Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus magnocellular division anterior magnocellular partipsiPaAMa3
Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus magnocellular division medial magnocellular partipsiPaAMm3
Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus magnocellular division posterior magnocellular partipsiPaAMp3
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus lateral magnocellular part [Periventricular zone anterior region]ipsiPaLM3
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus medial parvicellular part [Periventricular zone anterior region]ipsiPaMP1
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus lateral parvocellular partipsiLPPa1
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus anterior parvicellular part [Periventricular zone anterior region]ipsiPaAP1
Anterior fornical nucleusipsiAFN3
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPa3
Lateral paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus of HattonipsiPaLH3
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus caudal level dorsal partipsiPaCaD-0.5
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus caudal level dorsolateral regionsipsiPaCaDL-0.5
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus caudal level ventral groupipsiPaCaV-0.5
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus caudal level ventromedial regionsipsiPaCaVM-0.5
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus magnocellular divisionipsiPaMag3
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus parvocellular divisionipsiPavPo1
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus dorsal parvocellular divisionipsiPavPoD1
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus periventricular partipsiPapv1
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus lateral in periventricular cell layeripsiPaLpvc1
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus outer layer of the periventricular zoneipsiPapvoL1
Paraventricular nucleus dorsal partipsiPaDo1
Medial paraventricular nucleus of HattonipsiPameH-0.5
Paraventricular nucleus posterior partipsiPaPos1
Paraventricular nucleus ventral partipsiPaVe1
Triangular area of the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPaTri-0.5
Posterior fornical nucleusipsiPFN3
Periventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPe3
Supraoptic nucleus [Supraoptic region]ipsiSO3
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalisipsiBST2
Lateral preoptic areacontraLPO2
Medial preoptic areacontraMPA2
Tuberomammillary nucleuscontraTuM3
Lateral hypothalamic areacontraLH2
Anterior hypothalamic areacontraAHA2
Nucleus circulariscontraNC3
Periventricular zonecontraPVZ0.5
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus lateral magnocellular part [Periventricular zone anterior region]contraPaLM3
Anterior fornical nucleuscontraAFN3
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleuscontraPa3
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus parvocellular divisioncontraPavPo1
Paraventricular nucleus posterior partcontraPaPos1
Posterior fornical nucleuscontraPFN3
Supraoptic nucleus [Supraoptic region]contraSO3
Bed nucleus of the stria terminaliscontraBST2
Superior cervical ganglionipsiAutoSCeG3
Cranial portion of the superior cervical ganglionipsiAutoSCeGCr3

Key for weights

ValueWeight
-3 unknown
-2 fibers of passage
-1 not clear
-0.5 exists
0 not present
0.5 very light
1 light / sparse
1.5 light / moderate
2 moderate / dense
2.5 moderate / strong
3 strong
4 very strong





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