The term cerebral nuclei refers to one of three components of the cerebrum in the Functional CNS Model - Rat (FMcnsr) (Swanson-2004 ). It is a composite structure of the endbrain defined on the basis of origin from the ventricular ridge of the embryonic Encephalon. It consists of the extended striatum and the pallidum. The other component of the cerebrum is the pallium which consists of the cortical plate [neocortex (NCX) and the cortical subplate (layer 6b of NCX and several other subcortical nuclei, most of whic are attributed to the amygdala (AMG) in the Functional CNS Model - Human Cerebral Cortex (FMcxh) ( NeuroNames ). The pallium is absent from the FMcxh; there the cerebral cortex (CTX) includes all layers of NCX, including layer 6b, and the amygdala (AMG) is absent from the FMcxr, which allocates amygdalar nuclei to several superstructures, principally the olfactory system (OLF) and the cortical subplate (CTXsp) ( Swanson-2004 ).. Updated 28 Oct 2024.