Orbital Area Medial Part

Hierarchy level in atlas is 6: 5 superstructures include it.

abbreviation: ORBm

Abbreviation

ORBm

Species

Rat

Description of part

According to Krettek and Price 1977, our parcellation of these topologically difficult areas was greatly aided by examining sections cut in the three standard plans.

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