secretory circumventricular organs
Acronym:
The term secretory circumventricular organs refers to circumventricular organs classified on the basis of function; they discharge neurohormones into the blood stream or ventricles in response to neural input from other structures. The neurohypophysis, the subcommissural organ and, perhaps, the organum vasculosum belong to this group ( Duvernoy-2007 ). The other circumventricular organs belong to the humerosensory system.

Also known as: secretory organsNeuroNames ID : 2857


Species Having or Lacking this Structure

All Names & Sources

Internal Structure

Cells Found There

Genes Expressed There

Locus in Brain Hierarchy

Connections

Models Where It Appears

Publications About It



BrainInfo                           Copyright 1991-present                          University of Washington