Medial parabrachial nucleus
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Brain: Medial parabrachial nucleus | ||
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Latin | nucleus parabrachialis medialis | |
NeuroNames | hier-757 | |
Dorlands/Elsevier | n_11/12582248 |
The Medial parabrachial nucleus is a nucleus of the pons which constitutes part of the pneumotaxic center.[1]
It gets its name from its location relative to the superior cerebellar peduncles, which is also known as the "brachia conjunctiva".
[edit] References
- ^ Song G, Yu Y, Poon C (2006). "Cytoarchitecture of pneumotaxic integration of respiratory and nonrespiratory information in the rat". J Neurosci 26 (1): 300–10. doi: . PMID 16399700.