ellipsoid body slice

ID: FBbt_00040070

Adult Nervous system Synaptic neuropil subdomain

A radial subdivision of the ellipsoid body arising from the arborization patterns of small field radial fibers. There are 16 of these per ellipsoid body, 8 per hemisphere numbered 1-8, from superior medial to inferior medial. (Ito et al., 2014, Hanesch et al., 1989)

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SynonymScopeReference
segment of ellipsoid bodyexact synonym
ellipsoid body sectorexact synonymHanesch et al., 1989
ellipsoid body segmentexact synonym
ellipsoid body wedgeexact synonymWolff et al., 2015
ellipsoid body glomerulusexact synonymRenn et al., 1999

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