substantia nigra
In 4 atlases
Definition
Predominantly gray matter midbrain structure lying dorsal to the crus cerebri and ventral to the midbrain tegmentum. It is divided into a dorsal, cellularly compact region known as the pars compacta and a more ventrally located, containing more loosely packed cells, the pars reticulata. The most lateral region of the reticulata is identified as the pars lateralis (MM).
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Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Sub-structures
Neighbouring structures
- amygdalohippocampal area
- amygdaloid complex
- anterior amygdaloid area
- anterior cingulate gyrus
- anterior cortical nucleus
- anterior horn of lateral ventricle
- anterior nuclear complex of thalamus
- anterior olfactory nucleus
- anterior parahippocampal gyrus
- anterior segment of paracentral lobule
- atrium of lateral ventricle
- basal forebrain
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Identifiers
- TA2
- 5881
- TA98
- A14.1.06.111
- FMA
- 67947
- UBERON
- 0002038
- Wikidata
- Q753278