Medial septal nucleus

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Brain: Medial septal nucleus
Latin nucleus septalis medialis
NeuroLex ID birnlex_1668

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. 
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