Medial septal nucleus

The medial septal nucleus is one of the septal nuclei. Neurons in this nucleus give rise to the bulk of efferents from the septal nuclei. A major projection from the medial septal nucleus terminates in the hippocampal formation.[1]

Medial septal nucleus
Medial septal nucleus of the mouse brain
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Latinnucleus septalis medialis
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Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

It plays a role in the generation of theta waves.[2]

References

  1. Brodal, A (1981). Neurological Anatomy. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 18 Jun 2011.
  2. O'Keefe, John; Andersen, Per; Morris, Richard; David Amaral; Tim Bliss (2007). The hippocampus book. Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Oxford University Press. p. 480. ISBN 0-19-510027-1.


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