septal nucleus

Structure: - one of several nuclei between the fornix & the ventral surface of the corpus callosum, forming the medial wall of the frontal horn of the lateral ventricle - it extends ventrally between the anterior commissure & the rostrum of the corpus callosum - it is continuous caudally with the preoptic area & hypothalamus & laterally with the substantia innominata Septal nuclei include: 1) medial septal nucleus 2) dorsal septal nucleus 3) lateral septal nucleus 4) septofimbrial nucleus 5) triangular nucleus of the septum

Related

hypothalamus preoptic nucleus (area) substantia innominata

Specific

medial septal nucleus nucleus basalis of Meynert

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

Components

diagonal band nucleus accumbens