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globus pallidus, n. Anat.
Brit. |ˌgləʊbəs ˈpalɪdəs|, U.S. |ˈgloʊbəs ˈpælədəs|
[‹ scientific Latin globus pallidus (T. Meynert in S. Stricker Handb. der Lehre von den Geweben des Menschen u. der Thiere (1872) 727) > n. + pallidus pallid adj.]
The smaller, medial part of the lenticular nucleus of the brain, which is paler than the adjacent putamen and consists of two segments. Also called pallidum.
1872H. Power tr. T. Meynert in S. Stricker Man. Human & Compar. Histol. II. 416 The two internal segments of the lenticular nucleus are distinguished from the third segment..as the globus pallidus, on account of the large quantity of medullary fibres traversing them. 1929Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (B.) 217197 The head of the caudate nucleus in the foetal brain [of the platypus] may be quite easily separated from the putamen and globus pallidus of the nucleus lentiformis. 1949H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xxxviii. 1104 The corpus striatum..together with the putamen, globus pallidus, the red nucleus and the substantia nigra, all form an interrelated nervous complex whose actual function is not very clearly understood. 2000New Scientist 26 Feb. 45/2 One of the effects of dopamine is to calm the activity of the globus pallidus, a brain region that sends inhibitor signals to a part of the thalamus. |
