putamen in English

noun
1
the outer part of the lentiform nucleus of the brain.
Immediately above the anterior perforated substance, the pear-shaped head of the caudate nucleus is confluent with the putamen of the lentiform nucleus.

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1. The heavy deposition of acid haematin in the putamen is unspecific, its pathogenesis being obscure.

2. Claustrum consists of two parts: 1) an insular part and 2) a temporal part between putamen and the temporal lobe

3. 11,12 Stimulation of D2 receptors in the caudate-putamen, a region of the brain responsible for locomotor control, may be responsible for Apomorphine's action

4. 11, 12 Stimulation of D2 receptors in the caudate-putamen, a region of the brain responsible for locomotor control, may be responsible for Apomorphine's action

5. ‘On each side, the ventral aspect of the Claustrum and the subdivisions of the lentiform nucleus (putamen, medial and lateral parts of globus pallidus) are seen lateral to the optic tracts.’

6. ‘On each side, the ventral aspect of the Claustrum and the subdivisions of the lentiform nucleus (putamen, medial and lateral parts of globus pallidus) are seen lateral to the optic tracts.’

7. The Basal ganglia are a group of structures found deep within the cerebral hemispheres.The structures generally included in the Basal ganglia are the caudate, putamen, and globus pallidus in the cerebrum, the substantia nigra in the midbrain, and the subthalamic nucleus in the diencephalon.

8. The Basal ganglia is comprised of the striatum, which consists of the caudate nucleus and the putamen, the globus pallidus, the subthalamic nucleus, and the substantia nigra The Basal ganglia are primarily associated with motor control, since motor disorders, such as Parkinson’s or Huntington’s diseases stem from dysfunction of neurons within the Basal ganglia.