In neuroanatomy habenula (diminutive of Latin habena meaning rein) originally denoted the stalk of the pineal gland (pineal habenula; pedunculus of pineal body) but gradually came to refer to a neighboring group of nerve cells with which the pineal gland was believed to be associated the habenular nucleus.
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