Regional part of substantia nigra consisting of a densely packed region of cells, more or less dorsal to the pars reticulata, but extending into the pars reticulata in some species. The dominant neurotransmitter used by pars compacta neurons is dopamine. Pars compacta neurons are pigmented in many species (MM). [ BIRNLEX:990 ]
Term information
- null:http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=537 (BIRNLEX:990)
- BAMS:SNc
- UMLS:C0175412 (ncithesaurus:Pars_Compacta)
- UMLS:C0175412 (BIRNLEX:990)
- BIRNLEX:990
- NCIT:C97341
- BTO:0003749
- MBA:374
- DHBA:12252
- FMA:62907
- MA:0001064
- BAMS:SNC
- HBA:9074
- Wikipedia:Substantia_nigra_pars_compacta
- EMAPA:35836
- BM:MB-SNc
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Regional part of substantia nigra consisting of a densely packed region of cells, more or less dorsal to the pars reticulata, but extending into the pars reticulata in some species. The dominant neurotransmitter used by pars compacta neurons is dopamine. Pars compacta neurons are pigmented in many species (MM).
substantia nigra compacta
substantia nigra compact part
pars compacta substantiae nigrae
substantia nigra, compact part
SNpc
pars compacta
compact part of substantia nigra
pars compacta of substantia nigra
substantia nigra, compact division
nucleus substantiae nigrae, pars compacta
substantia nigra, pars compacta
Term relations
- organ part
- ectoderm-derived structure
- part of some substantia nigra
- has part some dopaminergic neuron