• The grey matter, located between the globus pallidus and the external capsule of the brain, that comprises the lateral dorsal striatum of the basal ganglia.
  CDISC Terminology
  Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
• A structure located in the middle of the brain. The putamen is part of the basal ganglia and together with the caudate forms the striatum that influences motor activity.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• Largest and most lateral of the basal ganglia lying between the lateral medullary lamina of the globus pallidus and the external capsule; it is part of the neostriatum and forms part of the lentiform nucleus along with the globus pallidus; lesions of the putamen produce athetoid movements on the opposite side of the body.
  CRISP Thesaurus
  National Institutes of Health, 2006
• Nucleus of brain which lies ventral to the caudate nucleus and internal capsule and medial to the external capsule.
  Foundational Model of Anatomy
  University of Washington, 2017
• The largest and most lateral of the BASAL GANGLIA lying between the lateral medullary lamina of the GLOBUS PALLIDUS and the EXTERNAL CAPSULE. It is part of the neostriatum and forms part of the LENTIFORM NUCLEUS along with the GLOBUS PALLIDUS.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021