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pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus |
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| Synonyms |
peduncular pontine nucleus pedunculopontine nucleus PPTg nucleus pedunculopontinus nucleus tegmenti pedunculopontinus |
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| Definitions |
The pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) (or pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus, PPTN) is located in the brainstem, caudal to the substantia nigra and adjacent to the superior cerebellar peduncle. It is composed by a wide variety of neurochemical cell types, including cholinergic, glutamatergic and GABAergic cells. In the classical sense, the PPN is considered to be one of the main components of the reticular activating system. [WP,unvetted]. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002142 |
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Wikipedia:Pedunculopontine_tegmental_nucleus BIRNLEX:1437 neuronames:504 UMLS:C0262306 MESH:D045042 EMAPA:35672 BM:Pons-PPT BAMS:PPN BAMS:PPTg DHBA:12413 DMBA:16965 FMA:72429 HBA:9021 MA:0001020 MBA:1052 |
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| definition |
The pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) (or pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus, PPTN) is located in the brainstem, caudal to the substantia nigra and adjacent to the superior cerebellar peduncle. It is composed by a wide variety of neurochemical cell types, including cholinergic, glutamatergic and GABAergic cells. In the classical sense, the PPN is considered to be one of the main components of the reticular activating system. [WP,unvetted]. |
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peduncular pontine nucleus pedunculopontine nucleus |
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PPTg |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
nucleus pedunculopontinus nucleus tegmenti pedunculopontinus |
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UBERON:0002142 |
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| label |
pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus |
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| notation |
UBERON:0002142 |
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| prefLabel |
pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus |
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