Abnormality of the striatum, which is the largest nucleus of the basal ganglia, comprising the caudate, putamen and ventral striatum, including the nucleus accumbens. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21469956 ]
Synonyms: Abnormality of the neostriatum Abnormality of the striatum Abnormality of the striate nucleus
Term information
- UMLS:C4023607
The striatum (also known as the neostriatum or striate nucleus) contains the caudate nucleus and putamen, which are separated from one another by a white matter tract called the internal capsule. The striatum is part of the basal ganglia and receives input from the cerebral cortex. Essentially all cortical areas (sensory, motor and associational) project to the striatum. The other major input to the striatum comes from the thalamus, particularly the intralaminar thalamic nuclei.
Term relations
- has part some (
morphology and
characteristic of some striatum and
has modifier some abnormal)