paleostriatum

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Related to paleostriatum: Lenticular fasciculus, neostriatum

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paleostriatum - the inner pale yellow part of the lenticular nucleus

basal ganglion - any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement

lenticular nucleus, lentiform nucleus - a basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidum

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Kainic acid lesions of pigeon paleostriatum: a model for study of movement disorders.

Intraocular Pressure Measurement by Rebound Tonometry (TonoVet) in Normal Pigeons (Columba livia)

The ovoidal shell receives afferents from cell groups situated between the mesencephalic auditory centre (nucleus mesencephalicus lateralis, pars dorsalis) and the nucleus intercollicularis; it has projections to the hypothalamus, ventral paleostriatum (palleopallium) and caudal neostriatum (neopallium) and hyperstriatum ventrale (hyperpallium).

Effect of prenatal sound stimulation on the morphology of auditory thalamic relay nuclei of domestic chick

Thalamic projections to the paleostriatum and neostriatum in the pigeon (Columba livia).