Amygdaloid Complex
Hierarchy level in atlas is 1: 0 superstructures include it.
abbreviation: Amygdaloid complexAbbreviation
Amygdaloid complex
Species
Rat
Description of part
This term refers to the set of amygdaloid nuclei defined in the associated reference, and the authors do not provide an explicit definition for it.
Part type
gray matter
Nomenclature
Krettek & Price
Endorsement
The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is not endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.
Reference
Author:
Krettek J.E., PRice J.L.
Title:
A description of the amygdaloid complex in the rat and cat with observations on intra-amugdaloid axonal connections
Title of Book:
J Comp Neurol
Volume:
178
Year:
1978
Number:
2
Pages:
255-280
- Amygdaloid complex
- Central amygdaloid nucleus
- Basomedial amygdaloid nucleus
- Lateral amygdaloid nucleus
- Posterior division of the basolateral amygdaloid nucleus
- Medial amygdaloid nucleus
- Posterior cortical nucleus of the amygdala
- Anterior cortical nucleus of the amygdala
- Anterior amygdaloid area
- Basolateral amygdaloid nucleus
- Nucleus of the lateral olfactory tract
- Amygdalo-hippocampal area
- Periamygdaloid cortex
Major subparts
| Name | Type |
| Central amygdaloid nucleus | gray matter |
| Basomedial amygdaloid nucleus | gray matter |
| Lateral amygdaloid nucleus | gray matter |
| Posterior division of the basolateral amygdaloid nucleus | gray matter |
| Medial amygdaloid nucleus | gray matter |
| Posterior cortical nucleus of the amygdala | gray matter |
| Anterior cortical nucleus of the amygdala | gray matter |
| Anterior amygdaloid area | gray matter |
| Basolateral amygdaloid nucleus | gray matter |
| Nucleus of the lateral olfactory tract | gray matter |
| Amygdalo-hippocampal area | gray matter |
| Periamygdaloid cortex | gray matter |
