Mesh term Circumventricular Organs
Browse to parent terms:Neurosecretory Systems
Description
Highly vascularized and specialized tissues distributed principally along the midline of the VENTRICULAR SYSTEM from the FOREBRAIN to the HINDBRAIN. They are distinguished by their lack of normal BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER and fenestrated capillaries and contain either neurosecretory neurons or chemoreceptors.Browse to child terms:
Area Postrema
Median Eminence
Pituitary Gland, Posterior
Subcommissural Organ
Subfornical Organ
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