| Oral pontine reticular nucleus | |
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| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | nucleus reticularis pontis oralis |
| NeuroNames | 565 |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_875 |
| TA98 | A14.1.05.503 |
| TA2 | 5950 |
| FMA | 72468 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The oral pontine reticular nucleus or rostral pontine reticular nucleus is one of the two components of the medial (efferent/motor) zone of the pontine reticular formation - the other being the caudal pontine reticular nucleus. The efferents of these two structures together give rise to the medial (pontine) reticulospinal tract (which modulates the muscle tone of the trunk and limb musculature). A population of their neurons together also form the paramedian pontine reticular formation which is involved in the coordination of horizontal conjugate eye movements in response to head movements.[1]
- ^ Patestas, Maria A.; Gartner, Leslie P. (2016). A Textbook of Neuroanatomy (2nd ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 307–308, 310. ISBN 978-1-118-67746-9.