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red nucleus

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Large round nucleus located in the midbrain tegmentum, consisting of a magnocellular and parvicellular portion in most species studied. [ ]

Term info

Label

red nucleus

Synonyms
  • nucleus ruber
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

latin term
nucleus rotundus subthalamo-peduncularis [ NeuroNames : 505 ]

latin term
nucleus ruber tegmenti (Stilling) [ NeuroNames : 505 ]

abbreviation
R [ NIFSTD : NeuroNames_abbrevSource BIRNLEX : 1478 ]

latin term
nucleus ruber tegmenti [ MP : MP ]

latin term
nucleus ruber [ TAO : 0000552 ]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Cn3nucleus.png

function notes

in animals without a significant corticospinal tract, gait is mainly controlled by the red nucleus.

has related synonym

red nucleus (Burdach), nucleus ruber tegmenti (Stilling), nucleus ruber, nucleus ruber tegmenti, nucleus rotundus subthalamo-peduncularis

id

UBERON:0001947