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| Brain: Subcommissural organ | ||
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| Mesal aspect of a brain sectioned in the median sagittal plane. (Subcommissural organ not labeled, but region is visible, near the pineal .) | ||
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| Latin | organum subcommissurale | |
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| BrainInfo/UW | hier-474 | |
| MeSH | [1] | |
The subcommissural organ is a gland in the brain.[1] It is a circumventricular organ consisting of ependymal cells which secrete SCO-spondin.[2]
It is named for its location relative to the posterior commissure.
It is near the aqueduct of Sylvius.[3]
References[]
- ↑ Vio K, Rodríguez S, Yulis CR, Oliver C, Rodríguez EM (2008). The subcommissural organ of the rat secretes Reissner's fiber glycoproteins and CSF-soluble proteins reaching the internal and external CSF compartments. Cerebrospinal Fluid Res 5: 3.
- ↑ Gobron S, Monnerie H, Meiniel R, Creveaux I, Lehmann W, Lamalle D, Dastugue B, Meiniel A (Dec 1996). SCO-spondin: a new member of the thrombospondin family secreted by the subcommissural organ is a candidate in the modulation of neuronal aggregation. J Cell Sci ( Pt 5): 1053–61.
- ↑ Rodríguez EM, Rodríguez S, Hein S (April 1998). The subcommissural organ. Microsc. Res. Tech. 41 (2): 98–123.
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