Diencephalon
Division of the forebrain around the third ventricle / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In the human brain, the diencephalon (or interbrain[1]) is a division of the forebrain (embryonic prosencephalon). It is situated between the telencephalon and the midbrain (embryonic mesencephalon). The diencephalon has also been known as the tweenbrain in older literature.[2] It consists of structures that are on either side of the third ventricle, including the thalamus, the hypothalamus, the epithalamus and the subthalamus.
Diencephalon | |
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Details | |
Precursor | Prosencephalon, derived from the neural tube |
Part of | Human brain |
Parts | Thalamus, the hypothalamus, the epithalamus and the subthalamus |
Identifiers | |
Latin | diencephalon |
MeSH | D004027 |
NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1503 |
TA98 | A14.1.03.007 A14.1.08.001 |
TA2 | 5661 |
TH | H3.11.03.5.00001 |
FMA | 62001 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
The diencephalon is one of the main vesicles of the brain formed during embryogenesis. During the third week of development a neural tube is created from the ectoderm, one of the three primary germ layers. The tube forms three main vesicles during the third week of development: the prosencephalon, the mesencephalon and the rhombencephalon. The prosencephalon gradually divides into the telencephalon (the cerebrum) and the diencephalon.