superior olivary nucleus; dorsal nucleus of the trapezoid body

Introduction

Strcture:

• a circumscript, bipartite cell group located in the lower ventrolateral pontine tegmentum, immediately dorsal to the trapezoid body

Function

• the superior olivary nucleus is thought to be involved in spatial localization of sound.

Afferents

• cochlear nuclei bilaterally

Efferents

• contributes to the lateral (auditory) lemniscus.

More general terms

• CNS nucleus

Component of

• medulla oblongata