The difficulty of tracking down the true meaning of your specific knot is compounded by the fact every family could have a unique knot to identify that bloodline, leading to countless different heritage emblems. Also tracking down the meaning of one Celtic knot design also depended on the artist.
The basal ganglia is a collective group of structures in the brain. These include the striatum, (composed of the putamen and caudate nucleus), globus pallidus, substantia nigra, and the subthalamic nucleus. Along with other structures, the basal ganglia are part of a circuit that is integral to voluntary motor function.
The main components of the basal ganglia â as defined functionally â are the striatum both dorsal striatum (caudate nucleus and putamen) and ventral striatum (nucleus accumbens and olfactory tubercle), globus pallidus, ventral pallidum, substantia nigra, and subthalamic nucleus.