Subcommissural organ in the developing brain

  • Tania Vitalis & Linda Sharp
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Subcommissural organ in the developing brain. Tania Vitalis & Linda Sharp. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Section through the subcommissural organ in the brain of a developing mouse embryo (E18.5). Pax6 (red) is located in the secretory cells. The subcommissural organ is a gland in the brain involved in balancing body fluids. It is one of the circumnventricular organs and is formed from secretory radial glial cells.

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