Striatum
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Neostriatum refers is the name given to the caudate nucleus plus and the putamen (the putamen is the outer layer of the lentiform nucleus).
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The term is sometimes abbreviated to striatum, however, this should be distinguished from corpus striatum (which is the caudate nucleus plus the whole of the lentiform nucleus).
-<p><a title="Neostriatum" href="/articles/neostriatum">Neostriatum</a> refers to the caudate nucleus plus the putamen (the putamen is the outer layer of the <a title="lentiform nucleus" href="/articles/lentiform-nucleus">lentiform nucleus</a>).</p><p>The term is sometimes abbreviated to <a title="striatum" href="/articles/striatum">striatum</a>, however this should be distinguished from <a title="corpus striatum" href="/articles/corpus-striatum">corpus striatum</a> (which is the caudate nucleus plus the whole of the lentiform nucleus).</p>- +<p><strong>Neostriatum</strong> is the name given to the <a href="/articles/caudate-nucleus">caudate nucleus</a> and the <a href="/articles/putamen">putamen</a> (the putamen is the outer layer of the <a href="/articles/lentiform-nucleus">lentiform nucleus</a>).</p><h4>Terminology</h4><p>The term is sometimes abbreviated to <a href="/articles/striatum">striatum</a>, however, this should be distinguished from <a href="/articles/corpus-striatum">corpus striatum</a> (which is the caudate nucleus plus the whole of the lentiform nucleus).</p>
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- 1. Rea P. Essential Clinical Anatomy of the Nervous System. Academic Press. ISBN:012802030X. <a href="http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN012802030X">Read it at Google Books</a> - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/012802030X">Find it at Amazon</a><span class="auto"></span>
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