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Nucleus accumbens
| Name: | Nucleus accumbens |
| Description: | A region of the brain consisting of a collection of neurons located in the forebrain ventral to the caudate and putamen. (caudoputamen in rodent) and continuous with these structures. There is no distinct boundary between the nucleus accumbens and the caudate/putamen, but in rodents, it can be identified by its lack of traversing fiber bundles in comparison to the dorsal striatum. Its principle neuron is the medium spiny neuron. Together with the neostriatum (caudate nucleus and putamen), the nucleus accumbens forms the striatum. |
| Synonym(s): | nucleus accumbens septi, accumbens nucleus |
| Is part of: | Basal ganglia, ventral striatum, striatum, telencephalon |
| Abbreviation: | Acb |
| Super-category: | Nucleus of CNS |
| Id: | birnlex_727 |
| Organism: | Mammal |
| Link to OWL / RDF: | Download this content as OWL/RDF |
| Neuronames ID ( what's this?): | 259 |
| Brain regions that send axons into this region: | ventral pallidum, ventral tegmental area |
| Brain regions that receive axons from this region: | ventral pallidum |
Neurons in Nucleus accumbens
Accumbens nucleus core nucleus, Accumbens nucleus shell neuron, Neostriatum direct pathway spiny neuron, Neostriatum indirect pathway spiny neuron are neurons that can be found in Nucleus accumbens or its parts.
Parts of Nucleus accumbens
Inferred outgoing projections for Nucleus accumbens
The following brain regions receive axons from Nucleus accumbens: Ventral pallidum. The statements about these projections are not made on this page, but rather are made on the pages linked here.
Inferred incoming projections for Nucleus accumbens
The following brain regions send axons into Nucleus accumbens: Perirhinal cortex of primate of Burwell et al 1995, Ventral pallidum, Ventral tegmental area. The statements about these projections are not made on this page, but rather are made on the pages linked here.
- This visualization was created by the Scalable Brain Atlas group and is based on the Rhesus Monkey - Paxinos et al. 2000
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| Abbrev | Acb + |
| AfferentProjections | Ventral pallidum +, and Ventral tegmental area + |
| Created | 4 August 2006 + |
| CurationStatus | pending final vetting + |
| Curator | Maryann Martone +, and Bill Bug + |
| Definition | A region of the brain consisting of a coll … A region of the brain consisting of a collection of neurons located in the forebrain ventral to the caudate and putamen. (caudoputamen in rodent) and continuous with these structures. There is no distinct boundary between the nucleus accumbens and the caudate/putamen, but in rodents, it can be identified by its lack of traversing fiber bundles in comparison to the dorsal striatum. Its principle neuron is the medium spiny neuron. Together with the neostriatum (caudate nucleus and putamen), the nucleus accumbens forms the striatum. the nucleus accumbens forms the striatum. |
| EfferentProjections | Ventral pallidum + |
| Has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | PONS brain region + |
| Id | birnlex_727 + |
| Is part of | Basal ganglia +, Ventral striatum +, Striatum +, and Telencephalon + |
| Label | Nucleus accumbens + |
| ModifiedDate | 23 March 2013 + |
| NeuronamesLink | http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/Scripts/hiercentraldirectory.aspx?ID=259 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | PONS brain region + |
| Species | Mammal + |
| SuperCategory | Nucleus of CNS + |
| Synonym | nucleus accumbens septi +, and accumbens nucleus + |