Swanson L W, Petrovich G D
Neuroscience Program at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089-2520, USA.
Trends Neurosci. 1998 Aug;21(8):323-31. doi: 10.1016/s0166-2236(98)01265-x.
'Amygdala' and 'amygdalar complex' are terms that now refer to a highly differentiated region near the temporal pole of the mammalian cerebral hemisphere. Cell groups within it appear to be differentiated parts of the traditional cortex, the claustrum, or the striatum, and these parts belong to four obvious functional systems--accessory olfactory, main olfactory, autonomic and frontotemporal cortical. In rats, the central nucleus is a specialized autonomic-projecting motor region of the striatum, whereas the lateral and anterior basolateral nuclei together are a ventromedial extension of the claustrum for major regions of the temporal and frontal lobes. The rest of the amygdala forms association parts of the olfactory system (accessory and main), with cortical, claustral and striatal parts. Terms such as 'amygdala' and 'lenticular nucleus' combine cell groups arbitrarily rather than according to the structural and functional units to which they now seem to belong. The amygdala is neither a structural nor a functional unit.
“杏仁核”和“杏仁核复合体”这两个术语现在指的是哺乳动物大脑半球颞极附近一个高度分化的区域。其内部的细胞群似乎是传统皮层、屏状核或纹状体的分化部分，这些部分属于四个明显的功能系统——副嗅觉、主嗅觉、自主神经和额颞叶皮层。在大鼠中，中央核是纹状体的一个专门投射到自主神经的运动区域，而外侧核和前基底外侧核共同构成屏状核向颞叶和额叶主要区域的腹内侧延伸。杏仁核的其余部分与皮层、屏状核和纹状体部分一起，形成嗅觉系统（副嗅觉和主嗅觉）的联合部分。诸如“杏仁核”和“豆状核”等术语是随意组合细胞群，而不是根据它们现在似乎所属的结构和功能单位。杏仁核既不是一个结构单位，也不是一个功能单位。
