Rostral interstitial nucleus of medial longitudinal fasciculus

Rostral interstitial nucleus of medial longitudinal fasciculus

Coronal section through mid-brain. (Nucleus is not labeled, but MLF is "b", in red.)
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Latin nucleus interstitialis
NeuroNames hier-507
NeuroLex ID Rostral interstitial nucleus of medial longitudinal fasciculus
Dorlands
/Elsevier
n_11/12581542

Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The rostral interstitial nucleus of medial longitudinal fasciculus (riMLF) is a portion of the medial longitudinal fasciculus which controls vertical gaze.

They project to the vestibular nuclei.

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