substantia nigra pars compacta
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001965
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
- DHBA:12252
- HBA:9074
- BIRNLEX:990
- Wikipedia:Substantia_nigra_pars_compacta
- BAMS:SNC
- BAMS:SNc
- neuronames:537 (BIRNLEX:990)
- BM:MB-SNc
- UMLS:C0175412 (ncithesaurus:Pars_Compacta)
- FMA:62907
- BTO:0003749
- EMAPA:35836
- UMLS:C0175412 (BIRNLEX:990)
- MA:0001064
- NCIT:C97341
- MBA:374
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002142, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007412
pars compacta of substantia nigra, substantia nigra, compact division, nucleus substantiae nigrae, pars compacta, substantia nigra, pars compacta
uberon
UBERON:0001965
substantia nigra pars compacta, Substantia nigra pars compacta
Term relations
- Cardinal organ part
- ectoderm-derived structure
- part of some substantia nigra
- has part some dopaminergic neuron