"Third Ventricle" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A narrow cleft inferior to the CORPUS CALLOSUM, within the DIENCEPHALON, between the paired thalami. Its floor is formed by the HYPOTHALAMUS, its anterior wall by the lamina terminalis, and its roof by EPENDYMA. It communicates with the FOURTH VENTRICLE by the CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT, and with the LATERAL VENTRICLES by the interventricular foramina.
| Descriptor ID |
D020542
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.276.840
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| Concept/Terms |
Third Ventricle- Third Ventricle
- Third Ventricles
- Ventricle, Third
- Ventricles, Third
- 3rd Ventricle
- 3rd Ventricles
- Ventricle, 3rd
- Ventricles, 3rd
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Third Ventricle" by people in Profiles.
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Campbell J, Legare JM, Piatt J, Gough E, Pauli RM, Hashmi SS, Rodriguez-Buritica DF, Modaff P, Little ME, Serna ME, Smid CJ, Dujmusic L, Hecht JT, Hoover-Fong JE, Bober MB. Achondroplasia Natural History Study (CLARITY): 60-year experience with hydrocephalus in achondroplasia from four skeletal dysplasia centers. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2023 12 01; 32(6):649-656.
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Bennett L, Yang M, Enikolopov G, Iacovitti L. Circumventricular organs: a novel site of neural stem cells in the adult brain. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2009 Jul; 41(3):337-47.
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Chugh A, Husain M, Gupta RK, Ojha BK, Chandra A, Rastogi M. Surgical outcome of tuberculous meningitis hydrocephalus treated by endoscopic third ventriculostomy: prognostic factors and postoperative neuroimaging for functional assessment of ventriculostomy. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2009 May; 3(5):371-7.
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Warf BC, Campbell JW. Combined endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization as primary treatment of hydrocephalus for infants with myelomeningocele: long-term results of a prospective intent-to-treat study in 115 East African infants. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2008 Nov; 2(5):310-6.
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Singh I, Haris M, Husain M, Husain N, Rastogi M, Gupta RK. Role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in patients with communicating hydrocephalus: an evaluation by MR ventriculography. Neurosurg Rev. 2008 Jul; 31(3):319-25.
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Husain M, Jha D, Thaman D, Husain N, Gupta RK. Ventriculostomy in a tumor involving the third ventricular floor. Neurosurg Rev. 2004 Jan; 27(1):70-2.