ventrolateral periaqueductal gray

The term ventrolateral periaqueductal gray refers to one of four longitudinal cell columns in the periaqueductal gray that surrounds the cerebral aqueduct in the midbrain tegmentum. Revealed best by stain for nitiric oxide synthase (NADPH-diaphorase), it is found in the human, macaque, rat ( Carrive-2012 ), and mouse ( Franklin-2008 ). Located ventral to the lateral periaqueductal gray column and ventrolateral to the cerebral aqueduct, it also stains lightly. The other two columns are the lightly staining dorsomedial periaqueductal gray and the heavily staining dorsolateral periaqueductal gray. Functionally all four columns belong to the motor periaqueductal gray of the behavior control column ( Swanson-2004 ). For other components of the motor periaqueductal gray click below: Models Where It Appears > Functional CNS Model - Rat.

Also known as: ventrolateral periaqueductal gray, periaqueductal gray, ventrolateral division

NeuroNames ID: 1803

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PAGvl

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acronym

Organism:

rat

Source:

Swanson-1998

Citation:

Second Revised Edition, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 1998

Source Title:

Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain

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ventrolateral periaqueductal gray

Language:

English

Organism:

mouse

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Paxinos-2001

Citation:

Second Edition, Academic Press, San Diego, 2001

Source Title:

The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates

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VLPAG

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acronym

Organism:

mouse

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Paxinos-2001

Citation:

Second Edition, Academic Press, San Diego, 2001

Source Title:

The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates

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periaqueductal gray, ventrolateral division

Language:

English

Organism:

rat

Source:

Carrive-2012

Citation:

Chapter 10 in The Human Nervous System, Third Edition, JK Mai and G Paxinos (Eds.), pp. 367-400, Amsterdam: Elsevier.

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Periaqueductal Gray

Name:

VLPAG

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acronym

Organism:

Macaca mulatta

Source:

Paxinos-2009a

Citation:

Amsterdam: Elsevier-Academic Press. 2009

Source Title:

The Rhesus Monkey Brain, Second Edition

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Organism:

Mus (mouse)

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ventrolateral periaqueductal gray

Source:

Paxinos-2001

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