Caudate nucleus

The caudate nucleus ( from Latin nucleus " core " and cauda "tail ", " tail " ) is a paired large core area in the telencephalon ( telencephalon ). He is a portion of the basal ganglia and thus for the control of voluntary movements responsible.

The caudate nucleus is located deep in the cerebral hemispheres, right on the wall of the first and second Hirnventrikels and arching partly into this before. He has a C- shaped appearance with a broader, forward rails for head (caput caudate nucleus ), a body (corpus caudate nucleus ) and a tail ( cauda caudate nucleus ).

The caudate nucleus is formed by a strip of white matter (ie, nerve fibers ), the internal capsule, separated from the side of it lying putamen. Putamen and caudate nucleus is also described as the striatum, in contrast to the corpus striatum ( "stripe body " ), which. Ncl from caudate, putamen and globus pallidus composed ( pallidum ).

The Spanish physiologist José Manuel Rodriguez Delgado gained attention in that he Implant a probe of a bull that could deliver electrical impulses directly to the caudate nucleus by remote control. The Delgado used in an arena to execute every time when the bull came up to him a stimulation that stopped the attack of the bull. First, Delgado believed to have thus found a way to inhibit aggression.