"Lateral Ventricles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cavity in each of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES derived from the cavity of the embryonic NEURAL TUBE. They are separated from each other by the SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM, and each communicates with the THIRD VENTRICLE by the foramen of Monro, through which also the choroid plexuses (CHOROID PLEXUS) of the lateral ventricles become continuous with that of the third ventricle.
| Descriptor ID |
D020547
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.276.650
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| Concept/Terms |
Lateral Ventricles- Lateral Ventricles
- Lateral Ventricle
- Ventricle, Lateral
- Ventricles, Lateral
Subventricular Zone- Subventricular Zone
- Subventricular Zones
- Zone, Subventricular
- Zones, Subventricular
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Genome-wide association study of 23,500 individuals identifies 7 loci associated with brain ventricular volume. Nat Commun. 2018 09 26; 9(1):3945.