Caudate nucleus — Brain: Caudate nucleus Transverse Cut of Brain (Horizontal Section), basal ganglia is blue Latin nucleus caudatus Gray s … Wikipedia
caudate nucleus — noun a tail shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain • Syn: ↑caudate • Derivationally related forms: ↑caudate (for: ↑caudate) • Hypernyms: ↑basal ganglion … Useful english dictionary
caudate nucleus — noun Date: 1902 the most medial of the four basal ganglia in each cerebral hemisphere called also caudate … New Collegiate Dictionary
caudate nucleus — The most frontal of the basal ganglia in the brain. Damage to caudate neurons is characteristic of Huntington&’s chorea and other motor disorders … Dictionary of molecular biology
Caudate — (Latin for tail, and closely related to caudal and coda) can refer to: * Caudate nucleus * Caudate lobe of liver * Cauda equina * Members of the Caudata order … Wikipedia
nucleus accumbens — nucleus ac·cum·bens ə kəm bənz n a nucleus forming the floor of the caudal part of the anterior prolongation of the lateral ventricle of the brain * * * [TA] nucleus accumbens septi a collection of pleomorphic cells in the caudal part of the base … Medical dictionary
Nucleus accumbens — Brain: Nucleus accumbens Nucleus accumbens visible in red … Wikipedia
Nucleus basalis of Meynert — Brain: Nucleus basalis of Meynert MRI showing a coronal plane of the head with marks showing the location of the substantia innominata, the region in which the nucleus basalis is found … Wikipedia
Nucleus of diagonal band — Brain: Nucleus of diagonal band Latin nucleus striae diagonalis The nucleus of diagonal band is a structure in the brain. It projects to the hippocampal formation through the fornix.[1] References … Wikipedia
nucleus accumbens — noun a) A dopaminergic nucleus found near the most anterior portion of the caudate nucleus. b) The primary nucleus thought to be involved with addiction … Wiktionary