The forebrain region that coordinates sensory signaling arising from the vomeronasal organ; it is located on the dorsal-posterior portion of the main olfactory bulb, and the axons that leave the accessory olfactory bulb project to targets in the amygdala and hypothalamus [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfactory_bulb#Accessory_olfactory_bulb MP:0009945 ]
Synonyms: olfactory bulb accessory nucleus accessory (vomeronasal) bulb
Term information
- DMBA:15957
- BAMS:AOB
- BTO:0004797
- NLXANAT:20090453
- MBA:151
- NLX:53
- null:http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=1565
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfactory_bulb#Accessory_olfactory_bulb
- MA:0000966
- BAMS:AOLB
- EMAPA:35106
pheno_slim
Projection notes: Site of termination of vomeronasal nerve; projects to: other parts of pallial amygdala, medial amygdala, subpallial nucleus (Butler and Hodos)