human_reference_atlas Homo sapiens claustrum of brain http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Telencephalon-Horiconatal.jpg MBA:583 EV:0100183 claustrum PBA:128012960 claustrum (Burdach) BAMS:CL claustrum UBERON:0002023 uberon dorsal portion of claustrum SCTID:279410004 HBA:4321 BAMS:CLA EMAPA:35244 dorsal claustrum One of the four basal ganglia in each cerebral hemisphere that consists of a thin lamina of gray matter between the lentiform nucleus and the insula[BTO]. The claustrum, which is suspected to be present in all mammals, is a fairly thin (fraction of 1 mm to multiple mms) vertical curved sheet of subcortical gray matter oriented sagittally between the white matter tracts of the external capsule and extreme capsule. The claustrum is lateral to the putamen and medial to the insular cortex and is considered by some sources to be part of the basal ganglia. There are lateral and medial tracts connecting to many cortices and perhaps to the hippocampus, the amygdala, and the caudate nucleus (connections with subcortical centers are a matter of debate)[WP]. Wikipedia:Claustrum BAMS:Cl DHBA:10346 neuronames:252 BM:Tel-Cl claustrum NCIT:C32329 FMA:67440 UMLS:C0008910 BIRNLEX:1522 AS DMBA:15984 BTO:0004292 MA:0000888 basal ganglion basal amygdaloid nucleus basolateral amygdaloid nuclear complex gray matter of forebrain