Abbreviation

BLA

Species

Rat

Description of part

According to Krettek and Price 1978. The basolateral complex of the amygdala is included here because it develops just superficial to the extrenal capsule, which has been misidentified in the region of the amygdala (see atlas levels 24-31). What we have called the amygdalar capsule is a fiber tract along the lateral border of this complex, and we suggest it is part of a fiber syste within, and lateral to (for example, the extreme capsule) the subplate or deep cortex.

Part type

gray matter

Nomenclature

Swanson-1992

Endorsement

The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is not endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.

Collator argument

The hierarchy was constructed and adapted according to the information found in the Rat Brain Atlas, Swanson 1992. We have considered three types of brain structures: grisea (neural masses), fiber tracts, and ventricles. The hierarchical tree was constructed by taking into account two criteria: the set of classes and subclasses of the basic cell groups and fiber systems of the rat CNS and the topological positions of structures relative to superstructures.

Reference

Basolateral nucleus of the amygdala - Rat - Swanson-1998
Basolateral nucleus of the amygdala - Mouse - Hof et al.-2000
Basolateral nucleus of the amygdala - Rat - Swanson-2004