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pontine nuclear group

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Nuclei in the basal pons, intermingled among the descending axons from the cortex, that receive neocrotcial input and give rise to many axons that cross the midline to enter the contralateral cerebellum (Butler and Hodos, Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy, 2nd ed., 2005, pg 135) [ ]

Term info

Label

pontine nuclear group

Synonyms
  • pontine gray
  • pontine nuclear complex
  • pontine nuclear group
  • pontine nuclei
  • pontine nucleus
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim

latin term
nucleus pontis [ NeuroNames : 617 ]

latin term
nuclei brachii pontis [ NeuroNames : 617 ]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Lower_pons_horizontal_KB.svg

has related synonym

nuclei pontis, pontine grey matter, pontine gray matter, nucleus pontis, nuclei brachii pontis

id

UBERON:0002151