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Red nucleus
| Name: | Red nucleus |
| Description: | Large round nucleus located in the midbrain tegmentum, consisting of a magnocellular and parvicellular portion in most species studied. |
| Synonym(s): | Nucleus ruber |
| Is part of: | midbrain tegmentum |
| Has role: | PONS reference structure |
| Super-category: | Regional part of brain |
| Id: | birnlex_1478 |
| Defining criteria: | cyto-architecture, chemoarchitecture |
| Organism: | mammal |
| Link to OWL / RDF: | Download this content as OWL/RDF |
| Neuronames ID ( what's this?): | 496 |
| Defining Criteria: | cyto-architecture, chemoarchitecture |
| Cyto-architecture defining Criteria: | Higher concentration of large cell bodies than in surrounding regions. |
| Chemoarchitecture defining Criteria: | Complement component 1, q subcomponent-like 2 (C1QL2) marker for red nucleus neurons. [1] |
| Brain regions that send axons into this region: | Cerebellum, Primary motor cortex |
| Brain regions that receive axons from this region: | Spinal cord, Inferior olivary complex |
Parts of Red nucleus
Inferred outgoing projections for Red nucleus
The following brain regions receive axons from Red nucleus: Accessory abducens nucleus, Dentate nucleus. The statements about these projections are not made on this page, but rather are made on the pages linked here.
Inferred incoming projections for Red nucleus
The following brain regions send axons into Red nucleus: Interpositus Nucleus. The statements about these projections are not made on this page, but rather are made on the pages linked here.
- Abbreviation Source: NeuroNames_abbrevSource
- This visualization was created by the Scalable Brain Atlas group and is based on the Rhesus Monkey - Paxinos et al. 2000
Notes
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Facts about Red nucleusRDF feed
| AbbrevSource | NeuroNames_abbrevSource + |
| AfferentProjections | Cerebellum +, and Primary motor cortex + |
| ChemoDefiningCriteria | Complement component 1, q subcomponent-like 2 (C1QL2) marker for red nucleus neurons. |
| Created | 15 July 2006 + |
| CurationStatus | uncurated + |
| CytoDefiningCriteria | Higher concentration of large cell bodies than in surrounding regions. |
| DefiningCriteria | cyto-architecture, chemoarchitecture + |
| Definition | Large round nucleus located in the midbrain tegmentum, consisting of a magnocellular and parvicellular portion in most species studied. |
| EfferentProjections | Spinal cord +, and Inferior olivary complex + |
| Has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | PONS brain region + |
| Has role | PONS reference structure + |
| Id | birnlex_1478 + |
| Is part of | Midbrain tegmentum + |
| Label | Red nucleus + |
| ModifiedDate | 13 July 2012 + |
| NeuronamesLink | http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/Scripts/hiercentraldirectory.aspx?ID=496 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | PONS brain region + |
| Species | Mammal + |
| SuperCategory | Regional part of brain + |
| Synonym | Nucleus ruber + |
| Umlscui | C0034910 + |