Abbreviation

BSTmg

Species

Rat

Description of part

Many darkly stained, large plump neurons stand out markedly within posterior parts of the anteroventral area. These cells are similar in appearance to, but differ immunohistochemically from (Ju et al., '89), cells in the posterodorsal (preoptic) nucleus (Fig. 28). Rostrally, the magnocellular nucleus first occupies a region ventrolateral to the crossing of the anterior commissure (Fig. 27), lateral to the dorsolateral nucleus. Immediately caudal to this level it assumes the appearance of a horizontal band of cells adjacent to the posterodorsal (preoptic) nucleus medially, with no clear boundary between them (Figs. 19, 28). It then extends dorsolaterally to reach the ventral border of the anterolateral area, and even appears to invade as clusters of cells into the territory of the latter. Strands of cells can also be seen to penetrate among fiber bundles of the stria terminalis, ascending to the lateral part of the posterior division.

Part type

gray matter

Nomenclature

Ju/Swanson

Endorsement

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

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