SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subthalamic nucleus mean? 

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

1. an oval mass of grey matter located in the caudal part of the subthalamus; associated with the striate body

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An oval mass of grey matter located in the caudal part of the subthalamus; associated with the striate body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

cell nucleus; karyon; nucleus (a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction)

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

subthalamus (the ventral part of the thalamus)

 Context examples 

The study directly compared effects at two different brain locations – the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and ventral capsule (VC) – in the same patients.

(Deep brain stimulation may significantly improve OCD symptoms, University of Cambridge)

Clusters of neurons comprising the globus pallidus, putamen, caudate, nucleus accumbens, substantia nigra and subthalamic nucleus.

(Basal Ganglia, NCI Thesaurus)