Lateral parabrachial nucleus
- Lateral parabrachial nucleus
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The lateral parabrachial nucleus induces thirst by stimulating the median preoptic nucleus. [cite journal
author=M.J. McKinley and A.K. Johnson
title=The Physiological Regulation of Thirst and Fluid Intake
journal=News in Physiological Sciences
volume=19
issue=1
year=2004
pages=1-6
url=http://physiologyonline.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/19/1/1
accessdate=2006-06-02 ]
It gets its name from its location relative to the superior cerebellar peduncles, which is also known as the "brachia conjunctiva".
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