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Brain: Pineal recess

Median sagittal section of brain. (Pineal recess not labeled, but region is visible.)
Latin	recessus pinealis
Gray's	subject #189 816
NeuroNames	hier-439

The pineal recess is a small recess of the third ventricle which projects into the stalk of the pineal body.

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Human brain: diencephalon (TA A14.1.08, GA 9.807)

Epithalamus

Surface	Pineal body · Habenula · Habenular trigone · Habenular commissure

Grey matter	Pretectal area · Habenular nuclei · Subcommissural organ

Thalamus

Surface	Stria medullaris of thalamus · Thalamic reticular nucleus · Taenia thalami

Grey matter/ nuclei	paired: AN · Ventral (VA/VL, VP/VPM/VPL) · Lateral (LD, LP, Pulvinar nuclei) · Metathalamus (MG, LG) midline: MD · Intralaminar (Centromedian) · Midline nuclear group · Interthalamic adhesion

White matter	Mammillothalamic fasciculus · Pallidothalamic tracts (Ansa lenticularis, Lenticular fasciculus, Thalamic fasciculus) · PCML (Medial lemniscus, Trigeminal lemniscus) · Spinothalamic tract · Lateral lemniscus · Dentatothalamic tract · Acoustic radiation · Optic radiation · Subthalamic fasciculus · Anterior trigeminothalamic tract Medullary laminae

Hypothalamus

Surface

Median eminence/Tuber cinereum · Mammillary body · Infundibulum

Grey matter

Autonomic zones	Anterior (parasympathetic/heat loss) · Posterior (sympathetic/heat conservation)

Endocrine	posterior pituitary: Paraventricular (magnocellular, parvocellular)/Supraoptic (oxytocin/vasopressin) other: Arcuate (dopamine/GHRH) · Preoptic (GnRH) · Suprachiasmatic (melatonin)

Emotion	Lateral · Ventromedial · Dorsomedial

White matter

afferent (SN → Medial forebrain bundle) · efferent (Mammillothalamic fasciculus → AN, Stria terminalis → Amygdala, Dorsal longitudinal fasciculus → SC)

Pituitary

Posterior is diencephalon, but anterior is glandular

Subthalamus

Subthalamic nucleus · Zona incerta

Ventricular system:
Third ventricle

recesses: (Optic recess, Infundibular recess, Suprapineal recess, Pineal recess)

Hypothalamic sulcus · Tela chorioidea of third ventricle

Subfornical organ

Apertures: Interventricular/Monro

Posterior commissure

M: CNS

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