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olivary pretectal nucleus
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002565
Small distinct nucleus in the pretectum of mammals involved in the pupillary light reflect. In rats, it is an olive shaped (anterior) nucleus lying ventral to the brachium of the superior colliculus (Paxinos, The rat nervous system, 2nd ed, 1995, pg. 862). Physiologically, it is identified by neurons sensitive to luminance changes. [ ]
Term info
Label
olivary pretectal nucleus
Synonyms
- nucleus praetectalis olivaris
- olivary nucleus of superior colliculus
- pretectal olivary nucleus
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
editor note
B&H states this present in urodeles; modify definition
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
nucleus olivaris mesencephali, anterior pretectal nucleus, nucleus praetectalis anterior, nucleus olivaris pretectalis of Fuse, nucleus olivaris corporis quadrigemini anterioris, nucleus olivaris colliculi superioris (Fuse), nucleus pretectalis anterior
id
UBERON:0002565
present in taxon
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_8293, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9347