Term Name: | central amygdaloid nucleus |
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Synonyms: | amygdala central nucleus, central amygdala, central amygdalar nucleus, central nuclear group, central nucleus amygdala, central nucleus of amygda, central nucleus of the amygdala, nucleus amygdalae centralis, nucleus amygdaloideus centralis, nucleus centralis amygdalae |
Definition: | The output region of the amygdala responsible for controlling responses (Phelps & LeDoux, 2005, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ 16242399). |
Ontology: | Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0002883] |