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peripeduncular nucleus

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002144

A group of neuron cell bodies that form a thin, caplike configuration over the dorsolateral aspect of the crus cerebri; many of its cells are acetylcholinesterase positive. [ http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=61630 ]

Synonyms: peripeduncular nucleus of pons

Term info

database cross reference
  • BIRNLEX:1474
  • BM:MB-PPN
  • BAMS:PP
  • EMAPA:37717 (MA:th)
  • SCTID:25949000
  • UMLS:C0152368 (BIRNLEX:1474)
  • neuronames:520 (BIRNLEX:1474)
  • MBA:1044
  • DHBA:12285
  • HBA:9050
  • FMA:72437
  • MA:0000875
  • DMBA:16342
  • BAMS:PPd
RO 0002171

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002704, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002776

UBPROP 0000012

FMA and NIF support this being part of midbrain tegmentum; MA places this in the thalamus and ABA supports thalamus. todo - check. for now we take a conservative position and assert overlaps for both rather than part of

has related synonym

nucleus peripeduncularis thalami, nucleus peripeduncularis

id

UBERON:0002144

prefLabel

Peripeduncular nucleus