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Parabrachial pigmented nucleus
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Nucleus identified in the medial ventral tegmental area that borders the red nucleus and superior cerebellar peduncle dorsally, the medial lemniscus laterally, the subtantia nigra pars compacta and paranigral nucleus ventrally and the rostral linear nucleus and interfascicular nucleus medially. Generally, the largest nucleus in the ventral tegmental area, occupying an average of 50% of the total volume as measured in rat, cat, monkey and human.[1]
ID

http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/nlx_144307
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true
abbrev

PBP
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Maryann Martone
createdDate

April 05, 2012
definition

Nucleus identified in the medial ventral tegmental area that borders the red nucleus and superior cerebellar peduncle dorsally, the medial lemniscus laterally, the subtantia nigra pars compacta and paranigral nucleus ventrally and the rostral linear nucleus and interfascicular nucleus medially. Generally, the largest nucleus in the ventral tegmental area, occupying an average of 50% of the total volume as measured in rat, cat, monkey and human.[1]
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Parabrachial pigmented nucleus
note

Nucleus identified in the medial ventral tegmental area that borders the red nucleus and superior cerebellar peduncle dorsally, the medial lemniscus laterally, the subtantia nigra pars compacta and paranigral nucleus ventrally and the rostral linear nucleus and interfascicular nucleus medially. Generally, the largest nucleus in the ventral tegmental area, occupying an average of 50% of the total volume as measured in rat, cat, monkey and human.[1]
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preferred label

Parabrachial pigmented nucleus
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NIFSTD:nlx_144307
prefLabel

Parabrachial pigmented nucleus
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0013738
subClassOf

http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/birnlex_1167
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