Uberon definition : A cytoarchitecturally defined portion of the periamygdalar area and the cortical amygdalar
nucleus at the caudal extreme of the amygdala.;
Uberon related term : amygdalohippocampal area; amygdalo-hippocampal area; posterior amygdalar nucleus; posterior nucleus of the amygdala; AHA; amygdalohippocampal transition area; posterior nucleus amygdala;
Uberon Taxon note : All authors regard it as occupying the caudal third of the amygdala, which abuts the
hippocampal formation. In the human ( Mai-1997 ) and the macaque ( Amaral-1992 ) it
is located close to the medial surface of the temporal lobe; it is bounded internally
by the posterior cortical amygdalar nucleus and the temporal horn of the lateral ventricle.
In the rat ( Swanson-2004 ) and mouse ( Hof-2000 ) it is bounded largely by the posterior
cortical amygdalar nucleus and the accessory basal nucleus (known as the basomedial
nucleus of the amygdala in rodents); the stria terminalis separates it from the ventricle.
According to some authors the amygdalohippocampal area extends anteriorly to occupy
the caudal half of the amygdala. These authors divide the area into two or three parts,
which in the human ( Olmos-2004 ), the rat ( Paxinos-2009b ), and the mouse ( Franklin-2008
) are named on the basis of location: anterolateral, posterolateral and posteromedial
parts. In the macaque ( Paxinos-2009a ) the rostral portion of the area is divided
into two parts on the basis of cellular morphology: magnocellular and parvicellular
parts. Some authors refer to the area in rodents as the 'posterior amygdalar nucleus'
( Swanson-2004; Hof-2000 ).[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID
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Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)