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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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Review
2007
Review
2007
Sexual behavior in male rodents
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Efferents from medial basal forebrain and hypothalamus in the rat. I. An autoradiographic study of the medial preoptic area
Efferent projections from the medial and periventricular preoptic area, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and nuclei of the… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Afferents to the Ventrolateral Preoptic Nucleus
Sleep is influenced by diverse factors such as circadian time, affective states, ambient temperature, pain, etc., but pathways… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Dopamine and sexual behavior
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Calcitonin gene-related peptide: Detailed immunohistochemical distribution in the central nervous system
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Cholinergic systems in the rat brain: I. Projections to the limbic telencephalon
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Evidence for the existence of a sexually dimorphic nucleus in the preoptic area of the rat
The volume of an intensely staining component of the preoptic area of the male rat is markedly larger than that of the female… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Distribution of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in the rat and mouse brain
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Regional distribution of substance P in the brain of the rat
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Drinking induced by injection of angiotensin into the brain of the rat
1. When applied directly to the brain, angiotensin II amide, as either the valine5 octapeptide, causes rats in normal fluid… 
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