Medial Mammillary Nucleus
Hierarchy level in atlas is 7: 6 superstructures include it.
abbreviation: MMAbbreviation
MM
Species
Rat
Description of part
According to Gurdjian 1927, Krieg 1932, Allen and Hopkins 1988.
Part type
gray matter
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
Major subparts
| Name | Type |
| Medial mammillary nucleus median part | gray matter |
- Projection Strength
- Subiculum dorsal part very strong
- Infralimbic area moderate/strong
- Entorhinal area medial part, dorsal zone moderate
- Subiculum moderate
- Subiculum ventral part moderate
- Basomedial nucleus of the amygdala posterior part moderate/weak
- Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis anterior division dorsomedial nucleus moderate/weak
- Retrosplenial area ventral part weak
- Prelimbic area weak
- Entorhinal area, lateral part weak
- Presubiculum weak
- Field CA1 weak
- Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus dorsomedial part weak
- Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus central part weak
- Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus anterior part weak
- Tuberal nucleus weak
- Parasubiculum very weak
- Taenia tecta very weak
- Medial preoptic area very weak
- Medial preoptic nucleus very weak
- Posterior nucleus of the amygdala exists
- Induseum griseum exists
- Cortical nucleus of the amygdala posterior part lateral zone exists
- Nucleus of the diagonal band exists
- Bed nuclei of the stria terminalis exists
- Lateral septal nucleus rostral (rostroventral) part ventrolateral zone exists
- Lateral septal nucleus rostral (rostroventral) part medial zone ventral region exists
- Medial nucleus of the amygdala anterodorsal part exists
- Medial nucleus of the amygdala posterodorsal part exists
- Medial nucleus of the amygdala posteroventral part exists
- Islands of Calleja exists
- Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus ventrolateral part exists
- Ventral premammillary nucleus exists
- Subparaventricular zone exists
- Anterior hypothalamic nucleus anterior part exists
- Anterior hypothalamic posterior part exists
- Anterior hypothalamic central part exists
- Retrochiasmatic area exists
- Parastrial nucleus exists
- Anterodorsal preoptic nucleus exists
- Lateral preoptic area exists
- Lateral hypothalamic area exists
- Median preoptic nucleus exists
- Dorsomedial nucleus of the hypothalamus exists
- Suprachiasmatic preoptic nucleus exists
- Anteroventral periventricular nucleus exists
- Projection Strength
- Infralimbic area moderate
- Anteromedial nucleus of thalamus moderate
- Anteroventral nucleus of thalamus moderate
- Anterodorsal nucleus of the thalamus moderate
- Retrosplenial area weak
- Prelimbic area weak
- Subiculum dorsal part weak
- Subiculum ventral part weak
- Anterior cingulate area weak
- Supramammillary nucleus weak
- Tuberomammillary nucleus weak
- Dorsal premammillary nucleus weak
- Ventral premammillary nucleus weak
- Parasubiculum very weak
- Presubiculum very weak
- Subiculum exists
- Hippocampal region exists
- Ventral temporal association areas exists
