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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
79
Source areas
10
Connected nodes
89
Extracted relationships
72
Related term clusters
32
Bridge connections
89

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 · 6 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

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Overview

History

Anatomy

Physiology

Role in learning

Role in "hate circuit"

Role in transgender individuals

Pathology

In other animals

Additional images

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Putamen connects Entity context

The extracted context around Putamen shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Putamen → BrainHuman, Coronal, Horizontal, MRI-image, PutamenPutamenPutamen, T1 MRI Another extracted example is Putamen → D1, D2, Direct Pathway, Indirect Pathway, Striatal, The Substantia. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Putamen

Top relations

related to Additional images · 6
Putamen → BrainHuman, Coronal, Horizontal, MRI-image, PutamenPutamenPutamen, T1 MRI
related to Dopamine · 6
Putamen → D1, D2, Direct Pathway, Indirect Pathway, Striatal, The Substantia
related to Reinforcement and implicit learning · 6
Putamen → Along, Although, Implicit, Phasic, Reinforcement, Tonically
related to Category learning · 5
Putamen → Also, Information-integration, One, Rule-based, Seven
related to history · 5
Putamen → Later, Latin, Most MRI, MRI, Since
related to Substantia nigra · 5
Putamen → Parkinson's, SNpc, SNpr, The SNpc, The SNpr
related to Globus pallidus · 4
Putamen → GABAergic, GPe, GPi, The GPi
related to Other diseases and disorders · 4
Putamen → Alzheimer's, Cognitive, Compulsive DisorderKernicterusOther, Lewy
related to Types of pathways · 4
Putamen → Cortical, GABAergic, Thalamic, Unlike
related to In other animals · 3
Putamen → Primate, Therefore, Variation

Important terminology

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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 72 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 Related term clusters

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
Putamen — Overview · splits 71 ⟂ 19
Putamen — Anatomy · splits 75 ⟂ 15
Putamen — Pathology · splits 76 ⟂ 14
Putamen — History · splits 81 ⟂ 9
Putamen — Role in learning · splits 81 ⟂ 9
Putamen — Role in "hate circuit" · splits 81 ⟂ 9
Putamen — Physiology · splits 83 ⟂ 7
Putamen — In other animals · splits 87 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Putamen

Nodes90
Edges89
Triples72
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022222
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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