Corpus striatum ( Willis, 1664 ) : Basically synonymous with cerebral nuclei (Swanson, 2000) as Willis defined the term for macrodissected large mammals including humans; pp. 62-63, 101-102, Tab. VIII-A. Striate body in English.

Nervous system ( Willis, 1664 ) : Willis's use of the term in his comparative anatomical research was synonymous with peripheral nervous system (Meckel, 1817); see Willis translation by Pordage (1681, p. 125ff.).