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- The ventral striatum is composed of the nucleus accumbens and olfactory tubercle, whereas the dorsal striatum is composed of the caudate nucleus and putamen.
- Retinal projections have also been found in layer II of the olfactory tubercle, suggesting that it constitutes a region of olfactory and visual convergence.
- The most common cell types in the olfactory tubercle are medium-size dense spine cells found predominantly in layer II ( dense cell layer ).
- The "'olfactory tubercle "'( OT, tuberculum olfactorium ) is a multi-sensory processing center in the olfactory cortex that plays a role in reward behaviors.
- Rats have been shown to administer cocaine into the olfactory tubercle more than the nucleus accumbens and ventral pallidum, other reward centers in the brain.
- Because the olfactory tubercle is a component of the ventral striatum, it is heavily interconnected with several affective-, reward-, and motivation-related centers of the brain.
- Thus, the olfactory tubercle may also play an important role in the mediation of odor approach and odor avoidance behavior, probably in a state-dependent manner.
- It has been suggested that the olfactory tubercle may be crucial in determining the source of olfactory information and responds to odor inhalations that are attended to.
- The lateral portion of the olfactory tubercle ( which adjoins the olfactory tract ) receives the densest fiber input and the medial portion receives light fiber projections.
- The dorsal striatum is divided into the caudate and putamen by the internal capsule while the ventral striatum is composed of the nucleus accumbens and olfactory tubercle.