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basal forebrain
Region at the base of the forebrain including all or parts of:
1) substantia innominata
a) nucleus basalis
b) septal nuclei
2) amygdala
3) nucleus accumbens
4) ansa lenticularis
5) bed nucleus of stria terminalis
6) anterior caudate nucleus
7) anterior fornix
8) globus pallidus
9) putamen
10) internal capsule
11) island of Calleja
12) zona incerta
13) olfactory tract
14) optic tract
15) olfactory tubercle
16) olfactory cortex
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- The Human Nervous System, George Paxinos, Academic Press,
San Diego CA 1990, pg 504