Bed Nucleus Of The Stria Terminalis Lateral Subdivision Dorsal Part

abbreviation: BSTLD

Abbreviation

BSTLD

Species

Rat

Description of part

The dorsal part of the BSTL is composed of pale staining small rounded cells and is homogeneous in appearance. It has a teardrop shape, whose long axis is oriented along the course of the stria terminalis dorsocaudal to rostroventral, and because of this it looks like a double convex lens in frontal and horizontal sections.

Part type

gray matter

Nomenclature

de Olmos -1985

Endorsement

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

Reference

Author: de Olmos J., Alheid G.F. & Beltramino C.A.
Chapter: Academic Press
Title of Book: The rat nervous system. Volume I Forebrain and Midbrain
Volume: I
Series: Amygdala
Year: 1985
Pages: 223-334
Publisher: George Paxinos