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Preferred term

Subthalamus  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A transition zone in the anterior part of the diencephalon interposed between the thalamus, hypothalamus, and tegmentum of the mesencephalon. Components of the subthalamus include the SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS, zona incerta, nucleus of field H, and the nucleus of ansa lenticularis. The latter contains the ENTOPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS.

Broader concept

In other languages

  • French

  • Région sous-thalamique
  • Sous-thalamus
  • Sub-thalamus

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-RNV21Q73-Z

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