Tour 3: Next/Previous/Start: The hypopheseal or pituitary stalk is bright because it lacks the barrier found throughout most of the brain. This structure, also known as the infundibulum, is often grouped with other "circumventricular organs" which share the property of being outside the blood-brain-barrier.
[Home][Help][Clinical][Tour 1][Tour 2][Tour 3] Slice 21 Click on sagittal image to select slice. Click on thin tickmark to change timepoint, or thick tickmark for overlay. Keith A. Johnson (keith@bwh.harvard.edu), J. Alex Becker (jabecker@mit.edu)