Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

endopeduncular nucleus

Synonyms

nucleus endopeduncularis

Definitions

A portion of the nucleus of ansa lenticularis located medial to the posterior limb of the internal capsule, along the course of the ansa lenticularis and the inferior thalamic peduncle or as a separate nucleus within the internal capsule adjacent to the medial globus pallidus (NeuroNames, http://rprcsgi.rprc. washington.edu/neuronames/ (September 28, 1998)). In non-primates, the entopeduncular nucleus is analogous to both the medial globus pallidus and the entopeduncular nucleus of human. [MeSH]

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID6659

Definition

A portion of the nucleus of ansa lenticularis located medial to the posterior limb of the internal capsule, along the course of the ansa lenticularis and the inferior thalamic peduncle or as a separate nucleus within the internal capsule adjacent to the medial globus pallidus (NeuroNames, http://rprcsgi.rprc. washington.edu/neuronames/ (September 28, 1998)). In non-primates, the entopeduncular nucleus is analogous to both the medial globus pallidus and the entopeduncular nucleus of human. [MeSH]

FMAID

77691

label

RID6659

Part_Of

http://radlex.org/RID/RID6658

Preferred_name

endopeduncular nucleus

Preferred_name_German

nucleus endopeduncularis

prefixIRI

RID6659

Synonym

nucleus endopeduncularis

UMLS_ID

C0228359

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID20454

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