Central Amygdaloid Nucleus
abbreviation: Ce
Abbreviation
Ce
Species
Rat
Description of part
...is an ovoid mass of cells in the dorsal central part of the anygdaloid complex bordered dorsolaterally by the striatum and dorsomedially by the caudal extension of the basal nucleus of Meynert which separates it from globus pallidus. Laterally and ventrallym the Ce is flanked by the La and BL rostrally, and by the transverse limb of the main intercalated cell mass ventrally. Further caudally, the intraamygdaloid part of the BST becomes interposed between the Ce and the caudal limb of Im, while medially a cell poor zone separates the Ce from Me. At its rostral end, the Ce lacks clear boundaries as it blends intimately with the AA and sublenticular substantia innominata. Caudally, a cell poor lamina and the small islands of intercalated cells practically separate the Ce from the anterior wall of the temporal horn of the lateral ventricle. The existence of a very rich fiber plexus in the CeM and the almost complete absence of it in the CeL constitute a major differentiating landmark between these two divivisions of the Ce (Fig. 2). As seen in Golgi preparations, CeM are typically isodendritic (Ramon-Moliner and Nauta 1966). Their usually fusiform or triangular cell boides isssue two to four spine sparse daughter dendrites. The axons of these cells, born either from the cell body or a primary dendrite, send off several fine collaterals along their intranuclear course before leaving CeM.
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.
