Lateral parabrachial nucleus

Brain: Lateral parabrachial nucleus
Latin Nucleus parabrachialis lateralis
NeuroNames hier-583
NeuroLex ID birnlex_897

The lateral parabrachial nucleus induces thirst by stimulating the median preoptic nucleus.[1]

It gets its name from its location relative to the superior cerebellar peduncles, which is also known as the "brachia conjunctiva".

References

  1. ^ M.J. McKinley and A.K. Johnson (2004). "The Physiological Regulation of Thirst and Fluid Intake". News in Physiological Sciences 19 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1152/nips.01470.2003. PMID 14739394. http://physiologyonline.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/19/1/1. Retrieved 2006-06-02. 

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