Endopiriform Nucleus Dorsal Part

Hierarchy level in atlas is 7: 6 superstructures include it.

abbreviation: EPd

Abbreviation

EPd

Species

Rat

Description of part

Krettek and Price 1978. This "nucleus" appears to form the olfactory component of the claustrum, deep to the piriform area (see also Gurdjian 1928). Ekstrand et al. (2001) have recognized a rostroventrolateral differentiation of the EPd as the pre-endopiriform nucleus (in Atlas Levels 6-9).

Part type

gray matter

Nomenclature

Swanson-2004

Endorsement

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

Reference

Author: Swanson L.W.
Title of Book: Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain. Third Edition
Year: 2004
Pages: 166-179
Edition: third
Publisher: Elsevier