part of part of in taxon Rodentia hypothalamus hypothalamic nucleus tuberal nucleus (sensu Rodentia) UBERON:8440041 DMBA:16271 lateral tuberal nucleus (sensu Rodentia) A hypothalamic region in rodents that is homologous to the lateral tuberal nucleus in humans and higher primates and is involved in energy homeostasis. MBA:614 While lateral tuberal nucleus is often used interchangeably with tuberal nucleus in rodents, lateral tuberal nucleus is specific to humans and higher primates. In some cases, lateral tuberal nucleus is thought to be part of the tuberal nucleus in rodents, and could possibly be homologous to human tuberal region instead. Lateral tuberal nucleus is listed as both an exact synonym and related synonym as the term has been used in both ways. See https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/2439 for more details. No homology links has been made as this is unclear from the literature. lateral tuberal nucleus (sensu Rodentia) Shawn Zheng Kai Tan