Zona Incerta

Hierarchy level in atlas is 7: 6 superstructures include it.

abbreviation: ZI

Abbreviation

ZI

Species

Rat

Description of part

Gurdjian 1927. It used to be said that derivatives of the embryonic ventral thalamus do not project to the endbrain. However, a population of neurons in the zona incerta projects to the cerebral cortex, along with adjacent neurons in the underlying LHA (see Lin et al. 1990 and note 169). At least based on topography and connections, the zona incerta might be viewed best as a component of the LHA. The zona incerta is different in almost every way from the other traditional components of the ventral thalamus, the reticular nucleus of the thalamus and ventral part of the lateral geniculate complex (notes 111, 282, and 283).

Part type

gray matter

Nomenclature

Swanson-2004

Endorsement

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

Reference

Author: Swanson L.W.
Title of Book: Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain. Third Edition
Year: 2004
Pages: 166-179
Edition: third
Publisher: Elsevier