Internal Capsule

Hierarchy level in atlas is 3: 2 superstructures include it.

abbreviation: int

Abbreviation

int

Species

Rat

Description of part

According to Saper 1984. The internal capsule in the rat corresponds to the posterior limb of the internal capsule in humans.

Part type

fiber tract

Nomenclature

Swanson-1998

Endorsement

The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.

Collator argument

The position of this brain part in hierarchy was collated from the associated reference

Reference

Author: Swanson LW
Title of Book: Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain
Year: 1998
Pages: 196-213
Edition: second
Publisher: Elsevier