basal nucleus of Meynert

a collection of neurons in the basal forebrain that modulates the activity of many areas of the neocortex by providing cholinergic innervation. It is implicated in Alzheimer’s disease. Also called basal magnocellular nucleus; Meynert’s nucleus; nucleus basalis magnocelluaris. [Theodor H. Meynert (1833–1892), Austrian neurologist]

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Psychology term of the day

May 9th 2024

Hering–Breuer reflex

a nervous mechanism involved in normal breathing, with stimuli from sensory endings in lung tissue limiting inspiration and expiration. [Ewald Hering; Josef Breuer]