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compact part of substantia nigra (pair)

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Official Latin term pars compacta substantiae nigrae (par)
Official term compact part of substantia nigra (pair)
Unit identifier TAH:U5598
Unit type pair
Materiality material
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Partonomic links Level 2: encephalon Short Extended
Level 3: mesencephalon Short Extended
Level 4: grey matter of tegmentum of mesencephalon
Taxonomic links Level 2: grey matter of central nervous system Short Extended
Level 3: subdivision of nucleus
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Notes
The Pars compacta may be further subdivided into two parts or tiers, each with subnuclei (Braak H, Braak E 1986 Nuclear configuration and neuronal types of the nucleus niger in the brain of the human adult. Human Neurobiol 5:71-82; van Domburg PHMF, ten Donkelaar HJ 1991 The human substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area. Adv Anat Embryol Cell Biol 121:1-130); here, the subdivision by Halliday G, Reyes S, Double K (2012 Substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area and retrorubral fields. In: Mai JK, Paxinos G, eds: The Human Nervous System, 3rd ed. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp 439-455) is used. The various subnuclei partly correspond to the subdivision into Nigrosomes and Matrix (Damier P, Hirsch EC, Agid Y, Graybiel AM 1999 The substantia nigra of the human brain. I. Nigrosomes and the nigral matrix, a compartmental organization based on calbindin D28k immunohistochemistry. Brain 122:1421-1436).
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Date: 25.06.2025