Medial septal nucleus
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The medial septal nucleus is one of the septal nuclei
Septal nuclei
The septal area are structures that lie below the rostrum of corpus callosum in front of lamina terminalis , composed of medium-size neurons grouped into medial, lateral, and posterior groups...

. Neurons in this nucleus give rise to the bulk of efferents from the septal nuclei. A major projection from the medial septal nucleus terminates in the hippocampal formation.

It plays a role in the generation of theta waves.
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