Anatomy
parabrachial nucleus
Subclass of:
Tegmental portion of pons
Definitions related to parabrachial nucleus:
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A cell group in the pontine tegmentum surrounding the surfaces of the superior CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE of the PONS.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Receives direct gustatory input from nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) and serves as an important taste relay to other taste-responsive areas of the CNS; also serves as a major integrative center that links the forebrain and medullo-spinal cardiovascular control.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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