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Putamen
| Name: | Putamen |
| Description: | Subcortical nucleus of telencephalon , which together with the caudate nucleus, forms the striatum. The putamen lies lateral to the internal capsule and medial to the external medullary lamina, and is separated from the caudate nucleus by the fibers of the internal capsule for most of its length, except at its anterior portion. |
| Synonym(s): | nucleus putamen |
| Is part of: | striatum |
| Abbreviation: | Pu |
| Super-category: | Regional part of brain |
| Id: | birnlex_809 |
| Link to OWL / RDF: | Download this content as OWL/RDF |
| Neuronames ID ( what's this?): | 212 |
| Brain regions that send axons into this region: | arcuate premotor area, motor cortex, somatosensory cortex [1] |
| Brain regions that receive axons from this region: | globus pallidus, Globus pallidus internal segment, Substantia nigra pars reticulata [1] |
Neurons in Putamen
Neostriatum direct pathway spiny neuron, Neostriatum indirect pathway spiny neuron are neurons that can be found in Putamen or its parts.
Parts of Putamen
Inferred incoming projections for Putamen
The following brain regions send axons into Putamen: Perirhinal cortex of primate of Burwell et al 1995. 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 | Pu + |
| AfferentProjections | Arcuate premotor area +, Motor cortex +, and Somatosensory cortex + |
| Created | 5 October 2006 + |
| CurationStatus | uncurated + |
| Curator | Maryann Martone + |
| Definition | Subcortical nucleus of telencephalon , whi … Subcortical nucleus of telencephalon , which together with the caudate nucleus, forms the striatum. The putamen lies lateral to the internal capsule and medial to the external medullary lamina, and is separated from the caudate nucleus by the fibers of the internal capsule for most of its length, except at its anterior portion. ts length, except at its anterior portion. |
| EfferentProjections | Globus pallidus +, Globus pallidus internal segment +, and Substantia nigra pars reticulata + |
| Has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | PONS brain region + |
| Id | birnlex_809 + |
| Is part of | Striatum + |
| Label | Putamen + |
| ModifiedDate | 27 April 2012 + |
| NeuronamesLink | http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/Scripts/hiercentraldirectory.aspx?ID=212 + |
| SuperCategory | Regional part of brain + |
| Synonym | nucleus putamen + |