Subthalamic Nucleus

Preferred Label : Subthalamic Nucleus;

NCIt synonyms : Luy's nucleus;

NCIt related terms : body of Luys; nucleus of Luys; nucleus subthalamicus; body of Forel; subthalamic nucleus (of Luys); nucleus of corpus luysii;

NCIt definition : The paired, biconvex cluster of neurons located under the thalamus that plays a major role in the motor cortico-basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical circuit. The subthalamic nucleus is primary involved in the control of voluntary movement.;

Alternative definition : UBERON: The subthalamic nucleus is the lens-shaped nucleus located in the ventral part of the subthalamus on the inner aspect of the internal capsule that is concerned with the integration of somatic motor function.;

Details

Origin ID

C12454;

UMLS CUI

C0152355;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Basal Ganglia [NCIt concept]
- Brain [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- right subthalamic nucleus [Radlex concept]
- subthalamic nucleus [UBERON concept]
- subthalamic nucleus [Radlex concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Subthalamic nucleus [FMA entity]
- subthalamic nucleus [MeSH Descriptor]
- subthalamic nucleus [MeSH concept]
- subthalamic nucleus [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Subthalamic nucleus [FMA entity]
- subthalamic nucleus [Radlex concept]
- subthalamic nucleus [UBERON concept]
- subthalamic nucleus [MeSH concept]
- subthalamic nucleus [MeSH Descriptor]
- subthalamic nucleus [SNOMED Notion]
concept_is_in_subset
- UBERON Terminology [NCIt concept]

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