"Preoptic Area" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Region of hypothalamus between the ANTERIOR COMMISSURE and OPTIC CHIASM.
| Descriptor ID |
D011301
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.464.497.342.450 A08.186.211.730.317.357.342.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Preoptic Area- Preoptic Area
- Area, Preoptic
- Areas, Preoptic
- Preoptic Areas
- Preoptic Nuclei
- Nuclei, Preoptic
- Nucleus, Preoptic
- Preoptic Nucleus
- Area Preoptica
- Area Preopticas
- Preoptica, Area
- Preopticas, Area
Medial Preoptic Area- Medial Preoptic Area
- Area, Medial Preoptic
- Areas, Medial Preoptic
- Medial Preoptic Areas
- Preoptic Area, Medial
- Preoptic Areas, Medial
Lateral Preoptic Area- Lateral Preoptic Area
- Area, Lateral Preoptic
- Areas, Lateral Preoptic
- Lateral Preoptic Areas
- Preoptic Area, Lateral
- Preoptic Areas, Lateral
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Preoptic Area" by people in Profiles.
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Social environment affects central distribution of estrogen receptor-a in Peromyscus californicus. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2018 12 01; 269:81-87.
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Hormonal gain control of a medial preoptic area social reward circuit. Nat Neurosci. 2017 Mar; 20(3):449-458.
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Acute repeated intracerebroventricular injections of angiotensin II reduce agonist and antagonist radioligand binding in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus and median preoptic nucleus in the rat brain. Brain Res. 2014 Oct 02; 1583:132-40.
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Opioidergic projections to sleep-active neurons in the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus. Brain Res. 2008 Dec 15; 1245:96-107.
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Critical role of dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus in a wide range of behavioral circadian rhythms. J Neurosci. 2003 Nov 19; 23(33):10691-702.
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Effects of adenosine on gabaergic synaptic inputs to identified ventrolateral preoptic neurons. Neuroscience. 2003; 119(4):913-8.
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Selective activation of the extended ventrolateral preoptic nucleus during rapid eye movement sleep. J Neurosci. 2002 Jun 01; 22(11):4568-76.
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A potential role for thalamocingulate circuitry in human maternal behavior. Biol Psychiatry. 2002 Mar 15; 51(6):431-45.
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Afferents to the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus. J Neurosci. 2002 Feb 01; 22(3):977-90.
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Effect of lesions of the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus on NREM and REM sleep. J Neurosci. 2000 May 15; 20(10):3830-42.