lateral amygdaloid nucleus

Term ID

UBERON:0002886

Synonyms

• lateral amygdala
• lateral amygdalar nucleus
• lateral nucleus of the amygdala
• medial principal nucleus
• nucleus amygdalae lateralis
• nucleus amygdaloideus lateralis
• nucleus lateralis amygdalae

Definition

The sensory interface of the amygdala where plasticity is mediated (Phelps & LeDoux, 2005, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ 16242399).

References

• BAMS:ALA
• BAMS:LA
• BAMS:La
• BM:Tel-Am-ALA
• BTO:0002704
• DHBA:10367
• DMBA:15944
• EMAPA:35476
• HBA:4378
• MA:0002926
• MBA:131
• PBA:10116
• UMLS:C0175221
• birnlex:2687
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=245
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0175221

Ontology

Uberon Ontology