Globus Pallidus Internal Segment

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

abbreviation: GPi

Abbreviation

GPi

Species

Rat

Description of part

Gurdjian 1928; Graybiel and Ragsdale 1979; Van der Kooy and Carter 1981; Rajakumar et al. 1993. In the rat, the external or lateral segment is often referred to as "the globus pallidus", whereas the internal or medial segment is often referred to as the entopeduncular nucleus. This anomalous nomenclature will probably gradually disappear.

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