pedunculopontine nucleus
Acronym: PPN
The term pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) refers to one of two parts of the midbrain reticular formation (MBRF) identified by histology in the human ( Carpenter-1983 ), macaque ( Oertel-1969 ), rat ( Swanson-2004 ) and mouse ( Hof-2000 ). It is located at the border of the the midbrain (MBR) and the pons (PON), dorsal to the decussation of the superior cerebellar peduncle (scpx) and lateral to the periaqueductal gray (PAG).

Also known as: peduncular pontine nucleus, pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus, pedunculotegmental nucleus, Nucleus pedunculopontinus, Nucleus tegmenti pedunculopontinusNeuroNames ID : 504


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