New Terminology for the Neostriatum

Table 4. New Terminology for Neostriatum

Structure & Karten-Hodos (or other) Term for Structure	Karten-Hodos (or other) Abbreviation	Latin Name Adopted by Forum	Abbreviation for Latin Name Adopted by Forum	English Name Adopted by Forum	Abbreviation for English Name Adopted by Forum	Comments	References Pertinent to the New Name
Neostriatum and Subdivisions
Neostriatum	N	Nidopallium	N	Nidopallium	N	Abbreviation retained
Neostriatum frontale	NF	Nidopallium frontale	NF	Frontal nidopallium	NF	Abbreviation retained
Neostriatum intermedium	NI	Nidopallium intermedium	NI	Intermediate nidopallium	NI	Abbreviation retained
Neostriatum caudale	NC	Nidopallium caudale	NC	Caudal nidopallium	NC	Abbreviation retained
Neostriatum caudolaterale - defined by work of Divac and Güntürkün	NCL	Nidopallium caudolaterale	NCL	Caudolateral nidopallium	NCL	Abbreviation retained	Mogenson & Divac, 1982 Reiner, 1986 Güntürkün, 1997
Ectostriatum	E	Nucleus entopalliallis or entopallium	E	The entopallial nucleus or the entopallium	E	Abbreviation retained	Benowitz & Karten, 1976
Nucleus basalis	Bas	Nucleus basorostralis pallii	Bas	The basorostral pallial nucleus	Bas	Changed name to avoid confusion with cholinergic basal forebrain cell group	Wild et al., 1985 Wild and Farabaugh, 1996 Dubbeldam and Visser, 1987 Wild et al., 1997 Wild et al., 2001 Witkovsky et al., 1973
Field L identified as auditory area by Karten (1968)	L	Area L pallii	L	Field L	L	No change recommended	Karten, 1968 Bonke, 1979a,b
Nidopallial area mistakenly called caudal nucleus of hyperstriatum ventrale by Nottebohm et al., 1976	HVc	HVC	None	HVC	None	No easy solution for correcting original naming error for this structure; thus, HVC recommended as formal name	Nottebohm et al., 1976 Fortune & Margoliash, 1995 Brenowitz et al., 1997
Lateral magnocellular nucleus of the anterior neostriatum	LMAN	Nucleus lateralis magnocellularis nidopallii anterioris	LMAN	Lateral magnocellular nucleus of anterior nidopallium	LMAN	Abbreviation retained, but capitalize L for clarity	Nottebohm et al., 1976 Bottjer et al., 1989
Medial magnocellular nucleus of the anterior neostriatum	MMAN	Nucleus medialis magnocellularis nidopallii anterioris	MMAN	Medial magnocellular nucleus of anterior nidopallium	MMAN	Abbreviation retained but capitalize M for consistency	Nottebohm et al., 1976 Bottjer et al., 1989
Nucleus interface of the neostriatum	NIf	Nucleus interfacialis nidopallialis	NIf	Nucleus interface of the nidopallium	NIf	Abbreviation retained, but capitalize I for consistency	Nottebohm et al., 1982 Nordeen & Nordeen, 1997 Margoliash, 1997
Caudomedial neostriatum	NCM	Nidopallium caudomediale	NCM	Caudal medial nidopallium	NCM	Abbreviation retained	Vates et al., 1996 Margoliash, 1997 Jarvis et al., 2000
Oval nucleus of the anterior neostriatum in parrots	NAo	Nucleus ovalis nidopallii anterioris	NAO	Oval nucleus of the anterior nidopallium	NAO	Abbreviation retained, but capitalize O for consistency	Brauth & McHale, 1988 Striedter, 1994 Durand et al., 1997 Jarvis and Mello, 2000
Medial oval nucleus of the anterior neostriatum in parrots	NAom	Nucleus ovalis nidopallii anterioris, pars medialis	NAOM	Medial oval nucleus of the anterior nidopallium	NAOM	Abbreviation retained but capitalize OM for consistency	Brauth & McHale, 1988 Striedter, 1994 Durand et al., 1997 Jarvis and Mello, 2000
Central nucleus of the lateral neostriatum in parrots	NLc	Nucleus centralis nidopallii lateralis	NLC	Central nucleus of the lateral nidopallium	NLC	Abbreviation retained, but capitalize C for consistency	Brauth & McHale, 1988 Striedter, 1994 Durand et al., 1997 Jarvis and Mello, 2000

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