Highly vascularized and specialized tissues distributed principally along the midline of the VENTRICULAR SYSTEM from the FOREBRAIN to the HINDBRAIN. They are distinguished by their lack of normal BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER and fenestrated capillaries and contain either neurosecretory neurons or chemoreceptors.
Entry Term(s)
Neurohemal Organ
Secretory Circumventricular Organs
Sensory Circumventricular Organs
Previous Indexing
Neurosecretory Systems (1965-2014)
Public MeSH Note
2015; for NEUROHEMAL ORGAN see NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS (1984-2014)
History Note
2015; for NEUROHEMAL ORGAN use NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS (1984-2014)
Highly vascularized and specialized tissues distributed principally along the midline of the VENTRICULAR SYSTEM from the FOREBRAIN to the HINDBRAIN. They are distinguished by their lack of normal BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER and fenestrated capillaries and contain either neurosecretory neurons or chemoreceptors.
