Preferred Label : shell of nucleus accumbens;
Uberon definition : Crescent shaped outer zone of the nucleus accumbens, defined by a combination of chemoarchitecture
and afferent and efferent connections. The shell is distinguished from the more centrally
located core through the notable reduction in staining for the calcium-binding protein
calbindin D28K, which is dense in the core and virtually absent in the shell.;
Uberon synonym : nucleus accumbens shell; shell region of nucleus accumbens;
Uberon related term : accumbens nucleus, shell; accumbens nucleus shell;
Origin ID : 0012171;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
- part of
Crescent shaped outer zone of the nucleus accumbens, defined by a combination of chemoarchitecture
and afferent and efferent connections. The shell is distinguished from the more centrally
located core through the notable reduction in staining for the calcium-binding protein
calbindin D28K, which is dense in the core and virtually absent in the shell.
