| 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 .) | ||
| Latin | organum subcommissurale | |
| NeuroNames | hier-474 | |
| MeSH | Subcommissural+organ | |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1038 | |
The subcommissural organ is a gland in the brain.[1] It is a circumventricular organ consisting of ependymal cells which secrete somatostatin.[citation needed]
It is named for its location relative to the posterior commissure.
It is near the aqueduct of Sylvius.[2]
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. doi:. PMID 18218138. PMC: 2265671. http://www.cerebrospinalfluidresearch.com/content/5//3.
- ^ Rodríguez EM, Rodríguez S, Hein S (April 1998). "<98::AID-JEMT2>3.0.CO;2-M The subcommissural organ". Microsc. Res. Tech. 41 (2): 98–123. doi:. PMID 9579598. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19980415)41:2<98::AID-JEMT2>3.0.CO;2-M.
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