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Abstract
Striped GRAY MATTER and WHITE MATTER consisting of the NEOSTRIATUM and paleostriatum (GLOBUS PALLIDUS). It is located in front of and lateral to the THALAMUS in each cerebral hemisphere. The gray substance is made up of the CAUDATE NUCLEUS and the lentiform nucleus (the latter consisting of the GLOBUS PALLIDUS and PUTAMEN). The WHITE MATTER is the INTERNAL CAPSULE.
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- Striatum, Corpus
- Lenticular Nucleus
- Lentiform Nuclei
- Lentiform Nucleus
- Nucleus Lentiformis
- Lentiformis, Nucleus
- Nuclei, Lentiform
- Nucleus, Lenticular
- Nucleus, Lentiform
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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do not confuse with STRIATE CORTEX see VISUAL CORTEX or with VENTRAL STRIATUM
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History Note
74(72); LENTICULAR NUCLEUS was see under CORPUS STRIATUM 1974-78; was see under GANGLIA, BASAL 1963-73
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- Basal Ganglia (1966-1971)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Corpus Striatum. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003342. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003342
- Corpus Striatum. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striatum
- Corpus Striatum. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1319792