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Term:
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collection of basal ganglia +  
Subcortical masses of gray matter in the forebrain and midbrain that are richly interconnected and so viewed as a functional system. The nuclei usually included are the caudate nucleus (caudoputamen in rodents), putamen, globus pallidus, substantia nigra (pars compacta and pars reticulata) and the subthalamic nucleus. Some also include the nucleus accumbens and ventral pallidum.
extrastriate cortex +  
ventral medial complex of thalamus 

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: basal ganglia ;   basal ganglia set ;   basal nuclei (basal ganglia) ;   set of basal ganglia
Related Synonyms: basal nuclei ;   cerebral nuclei ;   set of basal nuclei ;   subcortical nuclei
Xrefs: BAMS:BG ;   BM:Tel-BG ;   EMAPA:32673 ;   FMA:84013 ;   GAID:617 ;   HBA:4276 ;   MA:0000184 ;   MBA:623 ;   MESH:D001479 ;   NCI:C12447 ;   PBA:4001 ;   UMLS:C0004781 ;   VHOG:0001696 ;   Wikipedia:Basal_ganglia ;   birnlex:826 ;   neuronames:2677
External Ontologys: present_in_taxon NCBITaxon:9606
Definition Sources: BIRNLEX:826

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