Abbreviation

BSTLD

Species

Rat

Description of part

The dorsal part of the lateral bed nucleus is composed of pale-staining rounded cells and is relatively homogeneous in appearance. It has a teardrop shape, whose long axis is oriented along the course of the stria terminalis dorsocaudally to rostroventrally, and because of this it resembles a double convex lens in frontal and horizontal section (Figs. 15B and 31B). On histochemical grounds this may be further subdivided into (i) capsular (BSTLDC) and (ii) central (BSTLDcn) parts, with the capsular portion demonstrating a richer substance P terminal field, but much poorer tyrosine hydroxylase terminals (Fig. 31B).

Part type

gray matter

Nomenclature

de Olmos - 1995

Endorsement

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

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