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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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2004
2004
Biogene Amine im Gehirn vom Frosch (Rana esculenta)
SummaryThe distribution of biogenic amines in the central nervous system of Rana esculenta was investigated by means of the… 
2004
2004
Fine structure of the Paraventricular organ of Xenopus laevis tadpoles
SummaryThe ultrastructure of the Paraventricular organ in the hypothalamus of Xenopus laevis tadpoles is described. It appeares… 
1984
1984
Preoptic LH-RH and somatostatin in the rat median eminence. An experimental light and electron microscopic immunocytochemical study.
Glass microknife lesions and immunocytochemistry were used to evaluate luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH)- and… 
1982
1982
Muscarinic mechanisms and sex hormone secretion in rat adenohypophysis and preoptic area.
The highly specific tritiated muscarinic antagonist N-methyl-4-piperidyl benzilate [(3H)-4NMPB] was used in direct binding and in… 
1981
1981
Hyperprolactinemia counteracts the testosterone-induced inhibition of the preoptic area dopamine turnover.
The present study was undertake to determine the effects of hyperprolactinemia on dopamine (DA) concentrations and turnover rates… 
1976
1976
Parameters of electrical stimulation of the medial preoptic area for release of gonadotrophins in male rats.
The release of LH and FSH after the application of an electrical stimulus to the anterior diencephalon of male rats has been… 
1975
1975
CNS regulation of metabolic rate in the kangaroo rat Dipodomys ingens.
Water-perfused thermodes were chronically implanted around the preoptic nuclei and hypothalamus (POH) of kangaroo rats (Dipodomys… 
1971
1971
The role played by the preoptic region and the hypothalamus in spontaneous ovulation and ovulation induced by progesterone.
In female rats, cuts were made with the use of the Halasz technique around the preoptic area, leaving the connections between the… 
1971
1971
Ultrastructural changes in the preoptic nucleus of the rabbit following coitus.
The effects of coitus on the ultrastructure of neurons in the preoptic nucleus of the rabbit were studied. The ultrastructural… 
1962
1962
Blocking of the thyroid response to cold by local warming of the preoptic region.