diencephalon
Sign in to saveIn the human brain, the diencephalon (or interbrain) 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. It consists of structures that are on either side of the third ventricle, including the thalamus, the hypothalamus, the epithalamus and the subthalamus.
Key facts
- Brain.Name
- Diencephalon
- Brain.Latin
- diencephalon
- Brain.Image
- File:Illu diencephalon.jpg
- Brain.Caption
- The hypothalamus and the right and left halves of the thalamus are labeled. The cerebellum is not part of the diencephalon.
- Brain.part_of
- Human brain
- Brain.Components
- Thalamus, the hypothalamus, the epithalamus and the subthalamus
- Brain.Precursor
- Prosencephalon, derived from the neural tube
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In the human brain, the diencephalon (or interbrain) 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. 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 embryonic development. During the third week of development a neural tube is created from the ectoderm, one of the three primary germ layers, and forms three main vesicles: the prosencephalon, the mesencephalon and the rhombencephalon. The prosencephalon gradually divides into the telencephalon (the cerebrum) and the diencephalon.