Medical Definition of Habenular nucleus

1. The gray matter of the habenula, composed of a small-celled medial and a larger-celled lateral habenular nucleus; both nuclei receive fibres from basal forebrain regions (septum, basal nucleus, lateral preoptic nucleus); the lateral habenular nucleus receives an additional projection from the medial segment of the globus pallidus. Both nuclei project by way of the retroflex fasciculus to the interpeduncular nucleus and a medial zone of the midbrain tegmentum. Synonym: nucleus habenulae, ganglion habenulae. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Habenular Nucleus

Habenaria elegans
Habenaria fimbriata
Habenaria greenei
Habenaria hookeri
Habenaria lacera
Habenaria leucophaea
Habenaria nivea
Habenaria orbiculata
Habenaria peramoena
Habenaria psycodes
Habenaria unalascensis
habenula
habenulae perforata
habenular
habenular commissure
habenular nucleus (current term)
habenular sulcus
habenular trigone
habenula of caecum
habenula urethralis
habenulointerpeduncular tract
habenulopeduncular tract
Haber
Haber's syndrome
Haber-Bosch process
Haber-Weiss reaction
haberdasher
haberdasher
haberdasheries
haberdashers

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