loading...| Preferred Name |
nucleus accumbens |
| Synonyms |
colliculus nuclei caudati nucleus accumbens septi accumbens nucleus colliculus of caudate nucleus |
| Definitions |
A region of the brain consisting of a collection of neurons located in the forebrain ventral to the caudate and putamen. (caudoputamen in rodent) and continuous with these structures. There is no distinct boundary between the nucleus accumbens and the caudate/putamen, but in rodents, it can be identified by its lack of traversing fiber bundles in comparison to the dorsal striatum. Its principle neuron is the medium spiny neuron. Together with the neostriatum (caudate nucleus and putamen), the nucleus accumbens forms the striatum. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001882 |
| contributes to morphology of | |
| database_cross_reference |
BIRNLEX:727 PBA:10092 HBA:4290 EFO:0000906 EHDAA2:0004707 BAMS:Acb BTO:0001862 Wikipedia:Nucleus_accumbens MAT:0000512 BAMS:ACC BM:Ac NCIT:C52733 UMLS:C0028633 MESH:D009714 BAMS:ACB GAID:672 FMA:61889 neuronames:277 EMAPA:32789 MBA:56 DHBA:10339 SCTID:427667007 MA:0000892 |
| definition |
A region of the brain consisting of a collection of neurons located in the forebrain ventral to the caudate and putamen. (caudoputamen in rodent) and continuous with these structures. There is no distinct boundary between the nucleus accumbens and the caudate/putamen, but in rodents, it can be identified by its lack of traversing fiber bundles in comparison to the dorsal striatum. Its principle neuron is the medium spiny neuron. Together with the neostriatum (caudate nucleus and putamen), the nucleus accumbens forms the striatum. |
| depicted by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Circuit_du_syst%C3%A8me_de_recompense.jpg |
| has_exact_synonym |
nucleus accumbens septi accumbens nucleus colliculus of caudate nucleus |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
colliculus nuclei caudati |
| id |
UBERON:0001882 |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim |
| label |
nucleus accumbens |
| notation |
UBERON:0001882 |
| part_of |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000349 |
| prefLabel |
nucleus accumbens |
| present_in_taxon | |
| RO_0002171 | |
| treeView |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000349 |
| UBPROP_0000001 |
a collection of pleomorphic cells in the caudal part of the anterior horn of the lateral ventricle, in the region of the olfactory tubercle, lying between the head of the caudate nucleus and the anterior perforated substance. It is part of the ventral striatum, a composite structure considered part of the basal ganglia[GO][GO:0021768]. |
| UBPROP_0000008 |
The ventral striatopallidal complex in birds corresponds closely to its counterpart in mammals, with a nucleus accumbes present in the rostral telenceaphalon. Note that in birds, a region previously called the nucleus accumbens is now recognized as the lateral part of the bed nucleus of stria terminalis.[ISBN:0471888893] |
| subClassOf |