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basal nucleus of telencephalon
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A group of neurons in the basal forebrain that has wide projections to the neocortex and is rich in acetylcholine and choline acetyltransferase. It undergoes degeneration in paralysis agitans and Alzheimer's disease. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001480 ]
Term info
Label
basal nucleus of telencephalon
Synonyms
- Meynert's nucleus
- basal magnocellular nucleus (substantia innominata)
- basal nuclei of Meynert
- basal nucleus
- basal nucleus of Meynert
- basal substance of telencephalon
- ganglion of Meynert
- nucleus basalis
- nucleus basalis of Meynert
- substantia basalis telencephali
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Substantia_innominata_MRI.PNG
external ontology notes
MA has basal nucleus as synonym for BG.
function notes
rich in acetylcholine and choline acetyltransferase
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
nucleus basalis (Meynert), magnocellular preoptic nucleus, magnocellular nucleus of the pallidum, nucleus basalis Meynert, nucleus of the horizontal limb of the diagonal band (Price-Powell), basal forebrain nucleus, nucleus basalis telencephali, basal nucleus (Meynert), basal magnocellular nucleus
id
UBERON:0010010
location notes
The NBM is inferior to the globus pallidus and within an area known as the substantia innominata