Abbreviation

BSTMPi

Species

Rat

Description of part

The intermediate column (Figs. 15D, 16A, 27 A, and 27B) is composed of loosely arranged, more lightly stained, medium-sized, spindle- and angular-shaped cells. Throughout most of its course, this column lies just rostrally apposed to the stria medullaris (Figs. 28A, 28C, and 28E). At its caudal end, it separates from the dispersing fibers of the stria medullaris, but at the same time comes to lie rostral and ventral to the descending columns of the fornix. Caudally, the cells of the medium-sized-celled column merge imperceptibly with the medium-sized-celled portion of the anterior hypothalamus (Fig. 16A), whereas, dorsally and laterally, the cells of the medium-sized-celled column form the floor of the lateral ventricle.

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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