nucleus basalis of Meynert

nucleus basalis of Meynert
nucleus basalis of Mey·nert -əv-'mī-(.)nert n NUCLEUS BASALIS
Meynert Theodor Hermann (1833-1892)
Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist. Meynert was a professor of psychiatry and later of neurology at Vienna. He was an early advocate of the use of minimal restraint in asylums for the mentally ill. He is credited with classic descriptions of several structures of the brain. Collected in book form in 1868, they included the first description of interneurons.

* * *

n. basalis telencephali.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • 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 basalis — Der Nucleus basalis (Meynert, Ch4) ist einer der wichtigsten Acetylcholin produzierenden Kerne des Zentralnervensystems. Er befindet sich im frontalen, basalen Telencephalon in etwa zwischen Amygdala und Globus pallidus. Efferenzen sendet der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • nucleus basalis telencephali — [TA] basal nucleus of telencephalon: a group of neurons in the basal forebrain that has wide projections to the neocortex and is rich in acetylcholine and choline acetyltransferase. It undergoes degeneration in paralysis agitans and Alzheimer… …   Medical dictionary

  • Nucleus accumbens — Brain: Nucleus accumbens Nucleus accumbens visible in red …   Wikipedia

  • Meynert cells commissure etc. — Mey·nert cells, commissure, etc. (miґnərt) [Theodor Herman Meynert, German neurologist and psychiatrist in Vienna, 1833–1892] see under cell and commissure, and see nucleus basalis telencephali and tractus habenulointerpeduncularis …   Medical dictionary

  • Noyau basal de meynert — Le noyau basal de Meynert (NBM) ou Nucleus Basalis de Meynert, ou encore noyau basalis magnocellulaire est une structure nerveuse de la substantia innominata située à la base du cerveau (d où son nom). Les neurones du NBM innervent l ensemble du… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Noyau basal de Meynert — Le noyau basal de Meynert (NBM) ou Nucleus Basalis de Meynert, ou encore noyau basalis magnocellulaire est une structure nerveuse de la substantia innominata située à la base du cerveau (d où son nom). Les neurones du NBM innervent l ensemble du… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Medial septal nucleus — Brain: Medial septal nucleus Latin nucleus septalis medialis The medial septal nucleus is one of the septal nuclei. Neurons in this nucleus give rise to the bulk of efferents from the septal nuclei. A major projection from the medial septal… …   Wikipedia

  • Meynert nucleus — n. basalis telencephali …   Medical dictionary

  • Theodor Meynert — (* 15. Juni 1833 in Dresden; † 31. Mai 1892 in Klosterneuburg, Niederösterreich) war ein deutscher Psychiater und Neuroanatom. Meynert war von 1870 bis zu seinem Tod Professor in Wien. Meynert galt neben Pa …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”