Title: caudate nucleus
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - caudate nucleus
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.11665
Status: current

Definition
Crescent-shaped mass of gray matter forming part of the corpus striatum and part of the basal ganglia.

Related Term
- corpus striatum: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/11698

Source
- PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 855 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)

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Citation: Citation: 'caudate nucleus' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.11665
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