Diencephalon

Diencephalon
Diencephalon
	The hypothalamus and the right and left halves of the thalamus are labeled. The cerebellum is not part of the diencephalon.
Details
Precursor	Prosencephalon, derived from the neural tube
Part of	Human brain
Parts	Thalamus, the hypothalamus, the epithalamus and the subthalamus
Identifiers
Latin	diencephalon
MeSH	D004027
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_1503
TA98	A14.1.03.007; A14.1.08.001
TA2	5661
TH	H3.11.03.5.00001
FMA	62001
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

In the human brain, the diencephalon (or interbrain^[1]) is a division of the forebrain (embryonic prosencephalon). It is situated between the telencephalon and the midbrain (embryonic mesencephalon). The diencephalon has also been known as the tweenbrain in older literature.^[2] It consists of structures that are on either side of the third ventricle, including the thalamus, the hypothalamus, the epithalamus and the subthalamus.

The diencephalon is one of the main vesicles of the brain formed during embryogenesis. During the third week of development a neural tube is created from the ectoderm, one of the three primary germ layers. The tube forms three main vesicles during the third week of development: the prosencephalon, the mesencephalon and the rhombencephalon. The prosencephalon gradually divides into the telencephalon (the cerebrum) and the diencephalon.

^ "Interbrain | anatomy". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
^ Cloake, P (August 1927). "The Influence of the Diencephalon ('Tween Brain) on Metabolism". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 20 (10): 1643–56. doi:10.1177/003591572702001036. PMC 2100946. PMID 19986038.

[1] "Interbrain | anatomy". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-05-07.

[Cloake-2] Cloake, P (August 1927). "The Influence of the Diencephalon ('Tween Brain) on Metabolism". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 20 (10): 1643–56. doi:10.1177/003591572702001036. PMC 2100946. PMID 19986038.

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