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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus
SUBMITTER: jacques champier
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-35089 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Szathmari Alexandru A Champier Jacques J Ghersi-Egea Jean-François JF Jouvet Anne A Watrin Chantal C Wierinckx Anne A Fèvre Montange Michelle M
Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology 20120427 1
Circumventricular organs (CVOs) are specialized ventricular structures around the third and fourth ventricles of the brain. In humans, these structures are present during the fetal period and some become vestigial after birth. Some of these organs, such as the pineal gland (PG), subcommissural organ (SCO), and organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis, might be the sites of origin of periventricular tumors, notably pineal parenchymal tumors, papillary tumor of the pineal region and chordoid gl ...[more]