Abbreviation

BSTtr

Species

Rat

Description of part

This relatively small nucleus lies at mid-dorsoventral levels in the lateral part of the posterior division. It is essentially a thin sheet of cells embedded within the interfascicular nucleus and lateral parts of the principal nucleus. The neurons in the transverse nucleus can be distinguished rather easily from those in the surrounding nuclei on two grounds. First, they are considerably more heterogeneous in shape and size; and second, their perikarya tend to assume a characteristic transverse orientation.

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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