College of Veterinary Medicine

Research in VCAPP/Neuroscience

Heiko Jansen Lab: Sheep Brain Atlas


List of Structures Identified in Plastic Sections of Sheep Brain

1. Olfactory bulb
2. Cingulate gyrus
3. Corpus Callosum
a. genu
b. body
c. splenium
4. Rhinal sulcus
5. Lateral olfactory tract
6. External capsule
7. Internal capsule
a. Anterior limb
b. Posterior limb
8. Lateral ventricle
9. Corona radiata
10. Anterior commissure
11. Caudate nucleus
12. Putamen
13. Globus pallidus
14. Septal nuclei
15. Fornix
16. Diagaonal Band of Broca
17. Choroid plexus
18. Fimbria
19. 3rdventricle
20. Hypothalamus (Hy)
21. Amygdala
22. Optic chiasm
23. Intrathalamic adhesion
24. Insula
25. Medial longitudinal fissure (in panel 14[coronal series] this is #75)
26. Mammillothalamic tract
27. Optic tract
28. Median eminence
29. Habenula
30. Hippocampus
31. Mammillary body
32. Medial thalamic nuclei
33. Ventral thalamic nuclei
34. Lateral geniculate nucleus
35. Substantia nigra
36. Cerebral peduncle
37. Entorhinal cortex
38. Pineal gland
39. Posterior commissure
40. Medial geniculate nucleus
41. Cerebral aqueduct
42. Periaqueductal gray
43. Superior colliculus
44. Midbrain reticular formation
45. Oculomotor nerve
46. Interpeduncular fossa
47. Cerebellar vermis
48. 4thventricle
49. Inferior colliculus
50. Medial longitunal fasciculus
51. Medial lemniscus
52. Lateral lemniscus
53. Facial nerve
54. Lingula of Cerebellum
55. Pontine nuclei/corticospinal tract
56. Middle cerebellar peduncle
57. Hindbrain reticular formation
58. CNVIII
59. Vestibular nuclei
60. Pyramid
61. Nucleus of solitary tract
62. Inferior olivary nuclei
63. Inferior cerebellar peduncle
64. Gracile nucleus
65. Ansiform lobe
66. Paraflocculus of cerebellum
67. Flocculus of cerebellum
68. Stria medullaris
69. Primary fissure (of cerebellum)
70. Superior cerebellar peduncle
71. Obex
72. Nodule (nodulus) of cerebellum
73. Deep cerebellar nuclei
74. Corticospinal fibers
75. Anterior thalamic nuclei
76. Pulvinar
77. Subcallosal gyrus
78. Anterior Lobe of Cerebellum (AL)
79. Optic radiations
Sheep Brain Atlas
Last Edited: Sep 08, 2009 4:42 PM   

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