Medial parabrachial nucleus

Medial parabrachial nucleus
Brain: Medial parabrachial nucleus
Latin nucleus parabrachialis medialis
NeuroNames hier-757
NeuroLex ID birnlex_4038

The Medial parabrachial nucleus is a nucleus of the pons which constitutes part of the pneumotaxic center.[1]

It gets its name from its location relative to the superior cerebellar peduncles, which is also known as the "brachia conjunctiva".

References

  1. ^ Song G, Yu Y, Poon C (2006). "Cytoarchitecture of pneumotaxic integration of respiratory and nonrespiratory information in the rat". J Neurosci 26 (1): 300–10. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3029-05.2006. PMID 16399700. 



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