Search Result for "amygdaloid nucleus":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior;
[syn: amygdala, amygdaloid nucleus, corpus amygdaloideum]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

amygdaloid nucleus n 1: an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior [syn: amygdala, amygdaloid nucleus, corpus amygdaloideum]