Abbreviation

BSTS

Species

Rat

Description of part

The neurons of the supracapsular part of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BSTS) in many mammals form a continuous column following the dorsal course of the stria terminalis. In the rat, intermittent cell pockets may be observed along the course of this tract. These neurons are fusiform and oriented parallel to the axons of stria terminalis. They become scarser in the retrocapsular portion of the amygdala, but increase in number at the entrance of the stria terminalis to the amygdala. While these neurons are difficult to locate in normal histochemical stains, many exhibit a granular argyrophilia similar to neurons in the dorsal part of the BSTL, and the CeL. Alternatively, they may be observed after retrograde labeling from the SLSI or brain stem [...].

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.

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