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anterior perforated substance

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Regional part of telencephalon lying on the basal surface and bounded by the olfactory trigone rostrally, the diagonal band medially and caudally and the prepiriform cortex laterally. It is characterized by many perforations caused by small blood vessels entering the gray matter (Meyer et al., J. Comp. Neurol 284: 405, 1989). [ ]

Term info

Label

anterior perforated substance

Synonyms
  • anterior perforated area
  • anterior perforated space
  • olfactory area (mai)
  • substantia perforata anterior
database cross reference
latin term
tuber olfactorium [ NeuroNames : 282 ]

latin term
eminentia parolfactoria [ NeuroNames : 282 ]

latin term
area olfactoria (Mai) [ NeuroNames : 282 ]

external definition

Subdivision of telencephalon which is a region on the ventro-medial aspect of the telencephalon penetrated by numerous blood vessels. It is bounded by the optic tract posteriorly and the olfactory trigone anteriorly.

has related synonym

rostral perforated substance, olfactory tubercle, tuber olfactorium, area olfactoria (Mai), olfactory area (Carpenter), olfactory tubercle (Ganser), eminentia parolfactoria

id

UBERON:0018141