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Epithalamus

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The epithalamus is associated with sleep disorders like insomnia revolving around circadian rhythms of sleep wake cycles. The close connection of the epithalamus with the limbic system regulates the secretion of melatonin by the pineal gland and the regulation of motor pathways and emotions. The
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in the hypothalamus is responsible for this cycle of secretion from the epithalamus, specifically from the pineal gland. The Circadian timekeeping is driven in cells by the cyclical activity of core clock genes and proteins such as per2/PER2. Gamma-aminobutyric acid and several peptide factors,
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in both lateral habenula and hippocampus was correlated with increased memory performance in rats. This suggests that the lateral habenula has an interaction with the hippocampus that is involved in hippocampus-dependent spatial information processing.
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Caputo, Alberto; Ghiringhelli, Laura; Dieci, Massimiliano; Giobbio, Gian Marco; Tenconi, Fernando; Ferrari, Lara; Gimosti, Eleonora; Prato, Katia; Vita, A. (15 December 1998). "Epithalamus calcifications in schizophrenia".
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Goutagny, Romain; Loureiro, Michael; Jackson, Jesse; Chaumont, Joseph; Williams, Sylvain; Isope, Philippe; Kelche, Christian; Cassel, Jean-Christophe; Lecourtier, Lucas (November 2013).
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Sutherland, Robert J. (March 1982). "The dorsal diencephalic conduction system: A review of the anatomy and functions of the habenular complex".
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Species that possess a photoreceptive parapineal organ show asymmetry in the epithalamus at the habenula, to the left (dorsal).
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secretion of melatonin happens in a cycle. Secretion is high at night or in the absence of light and low during the day. The
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lesions near the limbic system, and lesions of cortico-subcortical pathways that are involved with schizophrenia.
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including cytokines, growth hormone-releasing hormone and prolactin, are related to sleep promotion.
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to other parts of the brain. The epithalamus also serves as a connecting point for the
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Samuel, Daniel Silas; Duraisamy, Revathi; Kumar, M. P. Santhosh (January 1, 2019).
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Dysfunction of the epithalamus can be related to mood disorders such as major
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Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice ;
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Guilding, C.; Hughes, A.T.L.; Piggins, H.D. (September 2010).
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European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
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The epithalamus is a tiny structure that comprises the
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Klein, Stephen B.; Thorne, B. Michael (Oct 3, 2006).
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Klein, Stephen B.; Thorne, B. Michael (Oct 3, 2006).
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Index


sagittal plane
diencephalon
habenular nuclei
stria medullaris
anterior and posterior paraventricular nuclei
posterior commissure
pineal gland
Latin
MeSH
D019261
NeuroNames
292
NeuroLex
birnlex_1710
TA98
A14.1.08.002
A14.1.08.501
TA2
5675
FMA
62009
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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(dorsal)
diencephalon
habenular nuclei
stria medullaris
anterior and posterior paraventricular nuclei
posterior commissure

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