part of part of septum of telencephalon septal nuclear complex GAID:637 EHDAA2:0004709 HBA:13002 BIRNLEX:1313 septal nucleus MESH:D012686 UMLS:C0036687 MA:0002978 Any of the groups of neural nuclei situated in the septal region which have afferent and cholinergic efferent connections with a variety of forebrain and brainstem areas including the hippocampus, the lateral hypothalamus, the tegmentum, and the amygdala. nuclei septales septal nuclei UBERON:0002663 in NIFSTD this is the mereological sum of the individual complexes - in MA it is the superclass Collection of nerve cells in the medial forebrain lying generally in front of the anterior commissure (Maryann Martone). neuronames:259 BAMS:SptN Wikipedia:Septal_nuclei parolfactory nuclei The septal nuclei are structures in the middle anteroventral cerebrum that are composed of medium-size neurons grouped into medial, lateral, and posterior groups. The septal nuclei receive reciprocal connections from the olfactory bulb, hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalamus, midbrain, habenula, cingulate gyrus, and thalamus. The septal nuclei play a role in reward and reinforcement along with the nucleus accumbens. In the 1950s, Olds & Milner showed that rats with electrodes implanted in this area will self-stimulate repeatedly in order to experience a euphoric feeling (i.e. press a bar to receive electrical current that will stimulate the neurons). [WP,unvetted][Wikipedia:Septal_nuclei]. EMAPA:35763 DHBA:10350 FMA:61845 basal forebrain cerebral hemisphere gray matter nuclear complex of neuraxis