human_reference_atlas part of Homo sapiens dorsal plus ventral thalamus epithalamus http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Epithalamus.png BAMS:ETh VHOG:0000178 MESH:D019261 BIRNLEX:1710 UMLS:C0152361 BM:Die-Epi SCTID:281487003 Wikipedia:Epithalamus DHBA:10451 PBA:128013147 Dorsal segment of the diencephalon containing the habenular ganglia, a choroid plexus, and the pineal organ.[AAO] BAMS:EPI BAMS:Epi Most dorsal part of the thalamus, comprising the pineal gland and habenular nuclei in most vertebrates. In a few vertebrates, it also includes the parietal eye. (Butler and Hodos, Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy, 2nd ed, 2005, pg. 345-346. HBA:4520 epithalamus NCIT:C12457 CALOHA:TS-2060 MIAA:0000422 EHDAA:5433 neuronames:292 AAO:0010482 uberon EFO:0000918 UBERON:0001899 TAO:0000509 MA:0000172 BTO:0000175 epithalamus The epithalamus has been historically conceived as a distinct neuroanatomical moiety within the diencephalon of all vertebrates. (...) The evolutionary origins of epithalamic structures are uncertain but asymmetry in this region is likely to have existed at the origin of the vertebrate, perhaps even the chordate, lineage.[well established][VHOG] MBA:958 AS MAT:0000422 EMAPA:17532 EHDAA2:0000448 ZFA:0000509 epithalamus BAMS:EpT FMA:62009 GAID:455 The roof of the diencephalon lying above the thalamus. [Bemis_WE, Functional_Anatomy_of_the_Vertebrates:_An_Evolutionary_Perspective, Glossary_G-11, Grande_L, Liem_KF, Third_Edition_(2001)_Orlando_Fla.:_Harcourt_College_Publishers, Walker_WF][VHOG] ETh epithalamic EV:0100220 thalamic reticular nucleus regional part of brain intralaminar nuclear group lateral nuclear group of thalamus