basal nucleus of telencephalon

Term ID

UBERON:0010010

Synonyms

• basal forebrain nucleus
• basal magnocellular nucleus
• basal nucleus (Meynert)
• magnocellular nucleus of the pallidum
• magnocellular preoptic nucleus
• nucleus basalis
• nucleus basalis (Meynert)
• nucleus basalis Meynert
• nucleus basalis of Meynert
• nucleus basalis telencephali
• nucleus of the horizontal limb of the diagonal band (Price-Powell)

Definition

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.

References

• BAMS:MA
• BAMS:MCPO
• BTO:0001480
• DHBA:10353
• HBA:4308
• MESH:A08.186.211.730.885.105.880.100
• PBA:10141
• UMLS:C0004788
• birnlex:1107
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=275
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal_optic_nucleus_of_Meynert
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleus_basalis_of_Meynert
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0004788
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/369109003

Ontology

Uberon Ontology