Medial Amygdaloid Nucleus
Hierarchy level in atlas is 2: 1 superstructures include it.
abbreviation: MeAbbreviation
Me
Species
Rat
Description of part
In the rat, the medial nucleus (figs. 6-9) is composed of small, relatively tightly packed cells, and, even more obviously than in the cat it may be subdivided into anterior and posterodorsal parts.
Part type
gray matter
Nomenclature
Krettek & Price
Endorsement
The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is not endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.
Reference
Author:
Krettek J.E., PRice J.L.
Title:
A description of the amygdaloid complex in the rat and cat with observations on intra-amugdaloid axonal connections
Title of Book:
J Comp Neurol
Volume:
178
Year:
1978
Number:
2
Pages:
255-280
- Amygdaloid complex
- Basomedial amygdaloid nucleus
- Anterior cortical nucleus of the amygdala
- Lateral amygdaloid nucleus
- Posterior division of the basolateral amygdaloid nucleus
- Medial amygdaloid nucleus
- Posterior cortical nucleus of the amygdala
- Anterior amygdaloid area
- Basolateral amygdaloid nucleus
- Central amygdaloid nucleus
- Amygdalo-hippocampal area
- Nucleus of the lateral olfactory tract
- Periamygdaloid cortex
Major subparts
| Name | Type |
| Anterior part of the medial amygdaloid nucleus | gray matter |
