Midline Thalamic Nuclear Group

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

abbreviation: MNG

Abbreviation

MNG

Species

Mouse

Description of part

Collator note: we include this thalamic division based on Price 1995 and Paxinos and Watson 1986. The abbreviation was adapted from Bo wden 2000

Part type

gray matter

Nomenclature

Paxinos/Franklin-2001

Endorsement

The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is not endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.

Collator argument

The hierarchy of this region was constructed using the rat atlases Paxinos and Watson 1998 and Paxinos and Watson 1986, as well as Price 1995.

Reference

Author: Paxinos G., Franklin K.B.J.
Title of Book: The mouse brain in stereotaxic coordinates.
Year: 2001
Pages: 15-60
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Academic Press