| Ganser's commissures | The commissural fibres that lie above and behind the optic chiasm. Synonym: Ganser's commissures, Gudden's commissures, Meynert's commissures, supraoptic commissures. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Ganser's syndrome | <syndrome> A psychotic-like condition, without the symptoms and signs of a traditional psychosis, occurring typically in prisoners who feign insanity; e.g., such a person, when asked to multiply 6 by 4, will give 23 as the answer, or he will call a key a lock. See: malingering, factitious disorder. Synonym: nonsense syndrome, syndrome of approximate relevant answers, syndrome of deviously relevant answers. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basal nucleus of Ganser | A large group of large cells in the innominate substance, ventral to the lentiform nucleus. Synonym: nucleus basalis of Ganser. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Ganser, Siegbert | <person> German psychiatrist, 1853-1931. See: Ganser's commissures, Ganser's syndrome, nucleus basalis of Ganser. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nucleus basalis of Ganser | A large group of large cells in the innominate substance, ventral to the lentiform nucleus. Synonym: nucleus basalis of Ganser. (05 Mar 2000) |