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... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Prosencephalon > Telencephalon > Cerebrum > Basal Ganglia > Substantia Innominata > Basal Nucleus of Meynert
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Limbic System > Substantia Innominata > Basal Nucleus of Meynert

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Basal Nucleus of Meynert  

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Entry terms

  • Nucleus Basalis of Meynert

Scope note

  • A group of nerve cells in the SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA that has wide projections to the NEOCORTEX and is rich in ACETYLCHOLINE and CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE. In PARKINSON DISEASE and ALZHEIMER DISEASE the nucleus undergoes degeneration.

History note

  • 2000; use SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA 1984-1999; for NUCLEUS BASALIS OF MEYNERT & NUCLEUS BASALIS MAGNOCELLULARIS use SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA 1984-1999; for BASAL MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS use ISLANDS OF CALLEJA 2015

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