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Medial septal nucleus

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Medial septal nucleus
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Identifiers
Latinnucleus septalis medialis
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NeuroLex IDbirnlex_1668
TA98A14.1.09.269
A14.1.09.446
FMA61879
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The medial septal nucleus is one of the septal nuclei. Neurons in this nucleus give rise to the bulk of efferents from the septal nuclei. A major projection from the medial septal nucleus terminates in the hippocampal formation.[1]

It plays a role in the generation of theta waves.[2]

References

  1. ^ Brodal, A (1981). Neurological Anatomy. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 18 Jun 2011.
  2. ^ O'Keefe, John; Andersen, Per; Morris, Richard; David Amaral; Tim Bliss (2007). The hippocampus book. Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Oxford University Press. p. 480. ISBN 0-19-510027-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)