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substantia nigra pars compacta

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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). [ BIRNLEX:990 ]

Synonyms: substantia nigra compacta, substantia nigra compact part, pars compacta substantiae nigrae, substantia nigra, compact part, SNpc, pars compacta, compact part of substantia nigra

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

RO 0002171

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002142, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007412

has related synonym

pars compacta of substantia nigra, substantia nigra, compact division, nucleus substantiae nigrae, pars compacta, substantia nigra, pars compacta

id

UBERON:0001965

prefLabel

substantia nigra pars compacta, Substantia nigra pars compacta