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Basal nuclei: A region located at the base of the brain composed of 4 clusters of neurons, or nerve cells. This area of the brain is responsible for body movement and coordination.
The groups of neurons most prominently and consistently affected in Huntington disease -- the pallidum and striatum -- are located in the basal nuclei.
(The pallidum is composed of structures called the globus pallidus and the ventral pallidum while the striatum consists of the caudate nucleus, putamen, and ventral striatum.)
The basal nuclei are also called the basal ganglia. The term "basal" refers to the location of these collections of neurons (nuclei or ganglia) deep within the brain, seemingly at its very base.
For this reason, the basal ganglia are also occasionally known as the "basal nuclei". [9] Terminologia anatomica (1998), the international authority for anatomical naming ...
Basal Nuclei (Basal Ganglia) INTRODUCTION . The term basal nuclei is applied to a collection of masses of gray matter situated within each cerebral hemisphere.
Basal nuclei: A region located at the base of the brain composed of 4 clusters of neurons, or nerve cells. This area of the brain is responsible for body movement and ...
The basal ganglia are a group of nuclei in the brain interconnected with the cerebral cortex, thalamus and brainstem. Mammalian basal ganglia are associated with a ...
Also known as the basal ganglia. The basal nuclei is a group of cell bodies found deep in the white matter of the cerebral hemispheres; its major components include the ...