parabrachial nucleus
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Function
- neural processing of hunger & inflammatory pain may converge in the parabrachial nucleus
Structure
- one of a group of nuclei in the dorsolateral pons that surrounds the superior cerebellar peduncle*
* named for superior cerebellar peduncle (brachium conjunctivum)
More general terms
References
- ↑ Wikipedia: Parabrachial nuclei https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parabrachial_nuclei
- ↑ Alhadeff AL, Su Z, Hernandez E et al A Neural Circuit for the Suppression of Pain by a Competing Need State. Cell. 2018 Mar 22;173(1):140-152.e15 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29570993