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Definition of Subthalamic nucleus
1. Noun. An oval mass of grey matter located in the caudal part of the subthalamus; associated with the striate body.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subthalamic Nucleus
Literary usage of Subthalamic nucleus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Interstate Transportation of Human Pathogens: Hearing Before the Committee by Orrin G. Hatch (1999)
"An example is the subthalamic nucleus (STN). The STN appears to be the optimal
target for in PD but a lesion in the STN can induce a life-threatening ..."
2. Medical Devices: Technological Innovation and Patient-Provider Perspectives edited by Michael Bilirakis (1999)
"An example is the subthalamic nucleus (STN). The STN appears to be the optimal
target for in PD but a lesion in the STN can induce a life-threatening ..."
3. The Gross and Minute Anatomy of the Central Nervous System by Hermon C. Gordinier (1899)
"These ganglia are the nucleus ruber, or teg- mental nucleus ; the subthalamic
nucleus, or Luys' body ; and the substantia nigra, or locus niger. ..."
4. A Textbook of Human Physiology: Including a Section on Physiologic Apparatus. by Albert Philson Brubaker (1922)
"... several nuclei of gray matter viz., the red or tegmental nucleus, the subthalamic
nucleus, or Luys' body, and the substantia nigra. The Corpus Striatum. ..."
5. The Anatomy of the Brain: A Text-book for Medical Students by Richard Henry Whitehead (1902)
"33) shows, lateral to the red nucleus, a gray body not seen hitherto: the
subthalamic nucleus (nucleus ..."
6. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"... as this ascends outwardly to the inner capsule and externally to the locus
niger, is some gray matter, the subthalamic nucleus.5 The gray matter of the ..."
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