Parabrachial pigmented nucleus

Name:	Parabrachial pigmented nucleus
Description:	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]
Is part of:	ventral tegmental area
Abbreviation:	PBP
Super-category:	Regional part of brain
Id:	nlx_144307
Defining criteria:	cyto-architecture
Organism:	Mammal
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Defining Criteria:	cyto-architecture
Cyto-architecture defining Criteria:	Contains mostly fusiform shaped cells that are oriented medolaterally or around the fiber bundles of the third nerve, as seen in coronal sections. Cells are generally larger than other cells in the VTA. In a comparative analysis of rat, cat, monkey and human, the smallest diameter cells (14 +/- 3 um) were found in rat and the largest in human (29 +/1 10 um) ^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Halliday GM & Törk I (1986) Comparative anatomy of the ventromedial mesencephalic tegmentum in the rat, cat, monkey and human. J Comp Neurol 252: 423-45 PubMed

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Abbrev	PBP +
CurationStatus	uncurated +
CytoDefiningCriteria	Contains mostly fusiform shaped cells that … Contains mostly fusiform shaped cells that are oriented medolaterally or around the fiber bundles of the third nerve, as seen in coronal sections. Cells are generally larger than other cells in the VTA. In a comparative analysis of rat, cat, monkey and human, the smallest diameter cells (14 +/- 3 um) were found in rat and the largest in human (29 +/1 10 um) at and the largest in human (29 +/1 10 um)
DefiningCriteria	cyto-architecture +
Definition	Nucleus identified in the medial ventral t … 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. as measured in rat, cat, monkey and human.
Has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki.	PONS brain region +
Id	nlx_144307 +
Is part of	Ventral tegmental area +
Label	Parabrachial pigmented nucleus +
ModifiedDate	27 March 2012 +
Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki.	PONS brain region +
Species	Mammal +
SuperCategory	Regional part of brain +