diencephalon

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Scale bar: 250 µm. hb, hindbrain; dd; dorsal diencephalon; t, telencephalon; r3, rhombomere 3; r5, rhombomere 5; fmb, forebrain-midbrain boundary; os, optic stalk; mhb, midbrain-hindbrain boundary; oc, otic capsule; sn, spinal chord neurons. rpl11 deficiency leads to misregulated expression of transcription factors

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  1. noun The posterior part of the forebrain that connects the midbrain with the cerebral hemispheres, encloses the third ventricle, and contains the thalamus and hypothalamus. Also called betweenbrain, interbrain, thalamencephalon.

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  • The nerves controlling temperature are known as the diencephalon. —  040 - Haunted Ocean
  • Scale bar: 250 µm. hb, hindbrain; dd; dorsal diencephalon; t, telencephalon; r3, rhombomere 3; r5, rhombomere 5; fmb, forebrain-midbrain boundary; os, optic stalk; mhb, midbrain-hindbrain boundary; oc, otic capsule; sn, spinal chord neurons. rpl11 deficiency leads to misregulated expression of transcription factors —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • The cerebrum is part of the forebrain, which is also made up of the diencephalon. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • [12] Several other neurochemical markers including calretinin, parvalbumin, GAP-43, and NMDA receptors, and connections with numerous other brain structures in the brainstem and diencephalon, also show a corresponding inhomogeneity. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Posterior and ventral portions of diencephalon are responsible for the above because if hypothalamus, is cut entirely. then sham rage disappears. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
 

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  1. di(a)- + encephalon.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek διά, through, + ἐγκέφαλος, brain: see encephalon.
 

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/daienˈsɛfəlɑn/
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