CAUDATE NUCLEUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does caudate nucleus mean? 

• CAUDATE NUCLEUS (noun)
  The noun CAUDATE NUCLEUS has 1 sense:

1. a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain

  Familiarity information: CAUDATE NUCLEUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAUDATE NUCLEUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

caudate; caudate nucleus

Hypernyms ("caudate nucleus" is a kind of...):

basal ganglion (any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement)

Holonyms ("caudate nucleus" is a part of...):

corpus striatum; striate body; striatum (a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus)

 Context examples 

The brain area that is composed of the caudate nucleus and putamen.

(Neostriatum, NCI Thesaurus)

The gray substance is made up of the caudate nucleus and the lentiform nucleus.

(Corpus Striatum, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A large, cone-shaped area of gray matter within the basal ganglia comprised of the globus pallidus and putamen that is surrounded primarily by the caudate nucleus and the thalamus.

(Lenticular Nucleus, NCI Thesaurus)

The arteries branching off of the horizontal or M1 segment of the middle cerebral artery in both hemispheres that supply the caudate nucleus and lentiform nucleus.

(Lateral Lenticulostriate Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers discovered that overall brain volume and the volumes of five regions in particular — the caudate nucleus, putamen, nucleus accumbens, amygdala and hippocampus — were smaller in people with ADHD than in others, with the biggest difference occurring in the amygdala.

(Brains of Those with ADHD Show Smaller Structures Related to Emotion, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Within these studies, MRI scans measured each participant's overall brain volume plus the volume of seven brain regions thought to be linked to ADHD: the pallidum, thalamus, caudate nucleus, putamen, nucleus accumbens, amygdala and hippocampus.

(Brains of Those with ADHD Show Smaller Structures Related to Emotion, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)