Basal ganglion

Japanese: 基底神経節 - きていしんけいせつ
Basal ganglion

…In contrast, a collection of nerve cell bodies in the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) is called a (nerve) nucleus (note that although the characters are the same as the nucleus of a cell, the concept is completely different). However, the word ganglion is sometimes used conventionally to refer to a collection of nerve cell bodies in the central nervous system (for example, basal ganglia). In the original sense of ganglion, that is, a collection of nerve cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system, a distinction is made between sensory ganglions and autonomic ganglions, depending on the properties of the nerve cells that are collected. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "basal ganglia" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これに対し,中枢神経系(脳と脊髄)内における神経細胞体の集合を(神経)核nucleus(細胞の〈核〉と文字は同じであるが概念はまったく違う点に注意)という。しかし,中枢神経内の神経細胞体の集合に対しても慣用的に〈節〉が用いられている場合がある(たとえば基底神経節basal ganglia)。本来の意味での神経節,すなわち末梢神経系における神経細胞体の集合には,集合している神経細胞の性質の違いによって,感覚神経節sensory ganglionと自律神経節autonomic ganglionが区別される。…

※「基底神経節」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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