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Putamen: History, Anatomy & Pathology

The putamen (/pjuˈteɪmən/; from Latin, meaning "nutshell") is a subcortical nucleus with a rounded structure, in the basal ganglia nuclear group. It is located at the base of the forebrain and above the midbrain.

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Putamen topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Anatomy and Pathology as prominent areas in the source structure around Putamen.

Related topics
80
Source areas
10
Connected nodes
90
Extracted relationships
124
Concept neighborhoods
32
Bridge connections
90

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 18 topics
Anatomy · 14 topics
Pathology · 13 topics
History · 8 topics
Role in "hate circuit" · 8 topics
Role in learning · 8 topics
Physiology · 7 topics
In other animals · 2 topics
Additional images · 1 topics
Role in transgender individuals · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

FMA
61834
MeSH
D011699
NeuroLex ID
birnlex_809
NeuroNames
230
Part of
Dorsal striatum
TA2
5566

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Anatomy

Physiology

Role in learning

Role in "hate circuit"

Role in transgender individuals

Pathology

In other animals

Additional images

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Putamen connects Entity context

The extracted context around Putamen shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Putamen → After, Also, During, For, Information-integration, One, Rule-based, Seven, The, These, This Another extracted example is Putamen → Anatomy, Archived, Below, BrainMaps, Diagram, Elsevier, Michigan Health System, Roche Lexicon, Stained, The Visual Pathway, University. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Putamen

Top relations

related to Category learning · 11
Putamen → After, Also, During, For, Information-integration, One, Rule-based, Seven, The, These, This
related to External links · 11
Putamen → Anatomy, Archived, Below, BrainMaps, Diagram, Elsevier, Michigan Health System, Roche Lexicon, Stained, The Visual Pathway, University
related to Dopamine · 9
Putamen → D1, D2, Direct Pathway, In, Indirect Pathway, Striatal, The, The Substantia, This
related to Additional images · 7
Putamen → BrainHuman, Coronal, Horizontal, MRI-image, PutamenPutamenPutamen, T1 MRI, The
related to Globus pallidus · 7
Putamen → Both, GABAergic, GPe, GPi, However, The, The GPi
related to history · 7
Putamen → In, Later, Latin, Most MRI, MRI, Since, The
related to Substantia nigra · 7
Putamen → However, Parkinson's, SNpc, SNpr, The, The SNpc, The SNpr
related to Reinforcement and implicit learning · 6
Putamen → Along, Although, Implicit, Phasic, Reinforcement, Tonically
related to Role in "hate circuit" · 6
Putamen → An, During, It, Tentative, The, University College London
related to Types of pathways · 6
Putamen → Cortical, GABAergic, Thalamic, The, These, Unlike

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

learning basal ganglia caudate neurons striatum movement also nucleus role tasks brain globus pallidus parkinson's disease substantia nigra movements various

Putamen relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 124 structured relationships around Putamen. Examples in this analysis include Putamen → FMA → 61834 and Putamen → MeSH → D011699. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PutamenFMA618341.00infobox
PutamenMeSHD0116991.00infobox
PutamenNeuroLex IDbirnlex_8091.00infobox
PutamenNeuroNames2301.00infobox
PutamenPart ofDorsal striatum1.00infobox
PutamenTA255661.00infobox
PutamenTA98A14.1.09.5071.00infobox
Putamenis astructure in the forebrain0.90text
Putamenis aoutermost portion of the basal ganglia0.90text
Putamenlocated inthe rostral division as part of the striatum0.90text
Putamenpart ofthe nigrostriatal pathway0.85text
in preparationinstance ofA primary function of the putamen is to regulate movements at various stages0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Putamen bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Caudate, Role and Also. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Putamen
    • Caudate
    • Role
    • Also
    • Learning
    • Plays
    • Structure
    • Types
    • Basal
    • Ganglia
    • Globus
    • Pallidus
    • Striatum
  • putamen
    • Caudate
    • Role
    • Also
    • Learning
    • Plays
    • Structure
    • Types
    • Basal
    • Ganglia
    • Globus
    • Pallidus
    • Striatum
  • nucleus
    • Dorsal
    • Striatum
    • Caudate
    • Nigra
    • Substantia
    • Globus
    • Pallidus
    • Dopamine
    • Structure
    • Putamen
    • Basal
    • Ganglia
  • basal ganglia
    • Ganglia
    • Learning
    • Control
    • Nucleus
    • Putamen
    • Caudate
    • Input
    • Parts
    • Category
    • Study
    • Movements
    • Globus
  • caudate nucleus
    • Dorsal
    • Striatum
    • Caudate
    • Nucleus
    • Putamen
    • Input
    • Nigra
    • Substantia
    • Globus
    • Pallidus
    • Dopamine
    • Structure
  • dorsal striatum
    • Striatum
    • Nucleus
    • Dopamine
    • Structure
    • Substantia
    • Types
    • Nigra
    • Neurons
    • Hate
    • Pathways
    • Function
    • Parts
  • substantia nigra
    • Nigra
    • Substantia
    • Globus
    • Pallidus
    • Disease
    • Parkinson's
    • Nucleus
    • Striatum
    • Pathways
    • Dopamine
    • Role
    • Neurons
  • globus pallidus
    • Pallidus
    • Nigra
    • Substantia
    • Pathways
    • Disease
    • Parkinson's
    • Nucleus
    • Putamen
    • Role
    • Also
    • Hate
    • Thalamus

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Putamen, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Putamen with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
PutamenOverview · splits 72 ⟂ 19
PutamenAnatomy · splits 76 ⟂ 15
PutamenPathology · splits 77 ⟂ 14
PutamenHistory · splits 82 ⟂ 9
PutamenRole in learning · splits 82 ⟂ 9
PutamenRole in "hate circuit" · splits 82 ⟂ 9
PutamenPhysiology · splits 83 ⟂ 8
PutamenIn other animals · splits 88 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Putamen

Nodes91
Edges90
Triples124
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021978
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Putamen to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Anatomy & Pathology, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Putamen · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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