Basal ganglia ( Carpenter, 1976 ) : For macrodissected adult humans it includes the caudate and lenticular nuclei and the amygdala, and is thus not synonymous with cerebral nuclei (Swanson, 2000); p. 496.

Tegmentum ( Carpenter, 1976 ) : The tegmentum (Schwalbe, 1881) combined with a corresponding part of the caudally adjacent pons (Haller, 1747) between the pontine gray (Reil, 1809) and cerebellum (Aristotle); pp. 322, 384. The term may predate Carpenter.