Abbreviation

BSTMV

Species

Rat

Description of part

The ventral part of the medial bed nucleus is located ventral to the anterior commissure and is composed of medium-sized cells interposed between the parastrial nucleus [i.e., the round nucleus of Raisman and Fields (1973)] and the ventral part of the lateral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (Fig. 15B'). Rostrodorsally, it reaches the anterior part of the medial bed nucleus, whereas it borders. the intermediate part of the lateral bed nucleus caudally. The cells are loosely arranged, contrasting with those of the adjacent parastrial nucleus, and are larger and more chromophilic than the more closely spaced neu­rons of the ventral lateral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. Ventrally, a cell-poor zone separates it from the preoptic area.

Part type

gray matter

Nomenclature

de Olmos - 1995

Endorsement

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

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