central gray substance of midbrain
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003040
Periaqueductal gray (PAG; also called the 'central gray') is the gray matter located around the cerebral aqueduct within the midbrain. It plays a role in the descending modulation of pain and in defensive behaviour. The ascending pain and temperature fibers of the spinothalamic tract also send information to the PAG via the spinomesencephalic tract. The spinomesencephalic tract is so-named because the fibers originate in the spine and terminate in the mesencephalon, another name for the midbrain, the part of the brain in which the PAG resides. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periaqueductal_gray http://sourceforge.net/p/obo/mouse-anatomy-requests/40/ ]
Synonyms: periaqueductal grey substance, periaqueductal grey, periaqueductal grey matter, midbrain periaqueductal grey, periaqueductal gray of tegmentum, central (periaqueductal) gray, periaqueductal gray matter, anulus of cerebral aqueduct, periaqueductal gray
Term info
- MA:0002895
- EV:0100249
- BAMS:CGMB
- MESH:D010487
- UMLS:C0228398 (BIRNLEX:973)
- FMA:74510
- BM:MB-PAG
- SCTID:369233003
- MA:0000209
- BIRNLEX:973
- MBA:795
- neuronames:510 (BIRNLEX:973)
- ZFA:0000518
- Wikipedia:Periaqueductal_gray
- BAMS:PAG
- BTO:0002701
- EFO:0002470
- HBA:9003
- TAO:0000518
- DHBA:12209
- EMAPA:32781
- GAID:585
uberon_slim, efo_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001947, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001715, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002141, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002691, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002438, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001944, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001966, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002995, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002722, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002696
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Cn3nucleus.png
griseum periventriculare mesencephali, griseum centrale mesencephali, central grey substance of midbrain, substantia grisea centralis mesencephali, central gray, central gray substance of the midbrain, periaqueductal gray, proper, central grey, s. grisea centralis, central gray of the midbrain, pAG, anulus aqueductus cerebri, anulus aquaeductus, periaquectuctal grey
griseum centrale, CGMB, substantia grisea centralis
uberon
UBERON:0003040
Central gray substance of midbrain
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606