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What does supraoptic mean?

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Adjective
  1. (anatomy) Above the optic tract or chiasma
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Examples
An oxytocin receptor antagonist infused into the supraoptic nucleus attenuates intranuclear and peripheral release of oxytocin during suckling in conscious rats.
The hypothalamus can be divided into an anterior supraoptic zone, an intermediate infundibulotuberal zone and a posterior mamillary zone.
Dehydration and rehydration selectivety and reversibility alter glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactivity in the rat supraoptic nucleus and adjacent glial limitans.
The preoptic nucleus is homologous to the mammalian supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei, and contains one of the largest collections of CRH neurons in the amphibian brain.

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