Regional part of telencephalon lying on the basal surface and bounded by the olfactory trigone rostrally, the diagonal band medially and caudally and the prepiriform cortex laterally. It is characterized by many perforations caused by small blood vessels entering the gray matter (Meyer et al., J. Comp. Neurol 284: 405, 1989). [ BIRNLEX:1096 ]
Synonyms: anterior perforated space anterior perforated area olfactory area (mai) substantia perforata anterior
Term information
- neuronames:282 (BIRNLEX:1096)
- BAMS:APS
- UMLS:C0162436 (BIRNLEX:1096)
- FMA:61891
- Wikipedia:Anterior_perforated_substance
- DHBA:10642
- BIRNLEX:1096
- SCTID:369108006
Subdivision of telencephalon which is a region on the ventro-medial aspect of the telencephalon penetrated by numerous blood vessels. It is bounded by the optic tract posteriorly and the olfactory trigone anteriorly.
rostral perforated substance
olfactory tubercle
tuber olfactorium
area olfactoria (Mai)
olfactory area (Carpenter)
olfactory tubercle (Ganser)
eminentia parolfactoria