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peripeduncular nucleus
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A group of neuron cell bodies that form a thin, caplike configuration over the dorsolateral aspect of the crus cerebri; many of its cells are acetylcholinesterase positive. [ http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=61630 ]
Term info
Label
peripeduncular nucleus
Synonyms
- peripeduncular nucleus of pons
external ontology notes
FMA and NIF support this being part of midbrain tegmentum; MA places this in the thalamus and ABA supports thalamus. todo - check. for now we take a conservative position and assert overlaps for both rather than part of
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
nucleus peripeduncularis thalami, nucleus peripeduncularis
id
UBERON:0002144
Term relations
Subclass of:
- nucleus of midbrain tegmentum
- midbrain nucleus
- brainstem nucleus
- has part some (part of some ventral thalamus)
- part of some midbrain tegmentum