Striatum

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

abbreviation: Str

Abbreviation

Str

Species

Mouse

Description of part

Collator note: we have introduced this term based on the Paxinos-Watson rat nomenclature which is the major source for this atlas. See also Hemer et al., 1995, cited by the authors of this atlas.

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 atlas Paxinos and Watson 1998, and Heimer et al. 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