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Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Limbic System > Amygdala

Preferred term

Amygdala  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Amygdalae, Nucleus
  • Amygdaloid Bodies
  • Amygdaloid Body
  • Amygdaloideum, Corpus
  • Amygdaloideums, Corpus
  • Amygdaloid Nuclear Complex
  • Amygdaloid Nuclear Complices
  • Amygdaloid Nucleus
  • Archistriatum
  • Archistriatums
  • Complex, Amygdaloid Nuclear
  • Complices, Amygdaloid Nuclear
  • Corpus Amygdaloideum
  • Corpus Amygdaloideums
  • Nuclear Complex, Amygdaloid
  • Nuclear Complices, Amygdaloid
  • Nucleus Amygdalae
  • Nucleus, Amygdaloid

Scope note

  • Almond-shaped group of basal nuclei anterior to the INFERIOR HORN OF THE LATERAL VENTRICLE of the TEMPORAL LOBE. The amygdala is part of the limbic system.

History note

  • 2000(1966)

In other languages

  • mantelitumake

    Finnish

  • amygdala
  • corpus amygdaloideum
  • nucleus amygdalae
  • Mandelkärnan

    Swedish

  • Corpus Amygdaloideum
  • Nucleus amygdaloideum

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000679

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