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Preoptic Areas

Known as: Preoptic Area, Areas, Preoptic, Area Preoptica 
Region of hypothalamus between the ANTERIOR COMMISSURE and OPTIC CHIASM.
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (2)

Anterior hypothalamic regionHypothalamic structure
Blood supply aspectsHypothalamus, AnteriorMicrobiologicalProcess of secretion

Narrower (3)

Median preoptic nucleusStructure of lateral preoptic nucleusStructure of preoptic periventricular nucleus

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Ovarian Steroid Regulation of Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Messenger Ribonucleic Acid in the Anteroventral Periventricular Nucleus of the Rat
The anteroventral periventricular nucleus of the preoptic region (AVPV) represents a key site for hormonal feedback on… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Sexual differentiation and hormonal control of the sexually dimorphic medial preoptic nucleus in the quail
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Neuroanatomical distribution of testosterone-metabolizing enzymes in the Japanese quail
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Atrial natriuretic polypeptide: Topographical distribution in the rat brain by radioimmunoassay and immunohistochemistry
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Cholinergic systems in the rat brain: II. Projections to the interpeduncular nucleus
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Sex differences in cholinergic enzymes of diagonal band nuclei in the rat preoptic area.
Activities of choline acetylase (CAT), synthetic enzyme for acetylcholine, and acetylcholine esterase (AChE), degradative enzyme… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Neurogenesis of the sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area in the rat
The sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area (SDN‐POA) of Sprague‐Dawley rats is larger in volume in the male and hormone… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Distribution of somatostatin in the rat brain: Telencephalon and diencephalon
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and the nervous system: Immunohistochemical evidence for localization in central and peripheral neurons, particularly intracortical neurons of the cerebral cortex
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Subcellular distribution of radioimmunoassayable somatostatin in rat brain
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