It contains the habenular nuclei and it is a main part of the epithalamus. |
Parts of the epithalamus that are visible in a mid-sagittal view of the gross brain include the pineal body or gland, the habenula, and the stria medullaris. |
The diencephalon develops into the epithalamus, thalamus, hypothalamus, globi pallidi, the pineal gland and the neurohypophysis of the pituitary gland. |