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.

Annotation

do not confuse with STRIATE CORTEX see VISUAL CORTEX or with VENTRAL STRIATUM

DUI

D003342 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0005212

Previous indexing

Basal Ganglia (1966-1971)

History note

74(72); LENTICULAR NUCLEUS was see under CORPUS STRIATUM 1974-78; was see under GANGLIA, BASAL 1963-73

Online note

use CORPUS STRIATUM to search LENTICULAR NUCLEUS 1974-78; use BASAL GANGLIA 1966-73

Public note

74; LENTICULAR NUCLEUS was see under CORPUS STRIATUM 1974-78; was see under GANGLIA, BASAL 1963-73