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.
Synonyms: Striatum, Corpus, Lentiform Nucleus, Lenticular Nucleus, Nucleus Lentiformis, Nuclei, Lentiform, Corpus Striatum, Nucleus, Lenticular, Nucleus, Lentiform, Lentiform Nuclei, Lentiformis, Nucleus
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74(72); LENTICULAR NUCLEUS was see under CORPUS STRIATUM 1974-78; was see under GANGLIA, BASAL 1963-73 ,74; LENTICULAR NUCLEUS was see under CORPUS STRIATUM 1974-78; was see under GANGLIA, BASAL 1963-73 ,use CORPUS STRIATUM to search LENTICULAR NUCLEUS 1974-78; use BASAL GANGLIA 1966-73 ,do not confuse with STRIATE CORTEX see VISUAL CORTEX or with VENTRAL STRIATUM
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