Uberon definition : One of the seven small groups of granule cells in the polymorph layer of the olfactory
tubercle and one large group, the insula magna, which lies along the border between
septum, nucleus accumbens and nucleus of the diagonal band.;
Uberon synonym : islands of Calleja; Calleja island;
Uberon related term : islands of Calleja (olfactory tubercle);
Uberon Taxon note : The islands of Calleja are located within the olfactory tubercle in most species;
however, in primates these islands are located within the nucleus accumbens, since
the olfactory tubercle is absent or extremely rudimentary in the brains of primates;
One of the seven small groups of granule cells in the polymorph layer of the olfactory
tubercle and one large group, the insula magna, which lies along the border between
septum, nucleus accumbens and nucleus of the diagonal band.