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Caudate nucleus structure

Known as: Caudatus, Caudatus, Nucleus, Nucleus Caudatus 
An elongated gray mass of the neostriatum located adjacent to the lateral ventricle of the brain. (MeSH)
National Institutes of Health

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Basal Ganglia
Blood supply aspectsBody partBrainCDISC SDTM Anatomical Location Terminology

Narrower (2)

Structure of body of caudate nucleusStructure of head of caudate nucleus

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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Caudate glucose metabolic rate changes with both drug and behavior therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
We used positron emission tomography to investigate local cerebral metabolic rates for glucose (LCMRG1c) in patients with… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Differential effects of fornix and caudate nucleus lesions on two radial maze tasks: evidence for multiple memory systems
The present experiments were designed to examine the hypothesis that the mammalian brain contains anatomically distinct memory… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Immunohistochemical distribution of somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of the adult rat
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Distribution of serotonin-immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of the rat—Cell bodies and terminals
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
A subpopulation of mesencephalic dopamine neurons projecting to limbic areas contains a cholecystokinin-like peptide: Evidence from immunohistochemistry combined with retrograde tracing
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Brain grafts reduce motor abnormalities produced by destruction of nigrostriatal dopamine system.
In order to determine if brain tissue grafts can provide functional input to recipient central nervous system tissue, fetal rat… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Histochemically distinct compartments in the striatum of human, monkeys, and cat demonstrated by acetylthiocholinesterase staining.
We here report observations on the distribution of acetylcholinesterase (acetylcholine hydrolase, EC 3.1.1.7) in the striatum of… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Dopamine-sensitive adenylate cyclase in caudate nucleus of rat brain, and its similarity to the "dopamine receptor".
An adenylate cyclase that is activated specifically by low concentrations of dopamine has been demonstrated in homogenates of… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
The structure of the caudate nucleus of the cat: light and electron microscopy.
The caudate nucleus of the cat appears to be homogeneous when examined with the light or electron microscope, except for a layer… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
DEMONSTRATION AND MAPPING OUT OF NIGRO-NEOSTRIATAL DOPAMINE NEURONS.
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