pontine nuclear group

Term ID

UBERON:0002151

Synonyms

• nuclei brachii pontis
• nuclei pontis
• nucleus pontis
• pontine gray
• pontine gray matter
• pontine grey matter
• pontine nuclear complex
• pontine nuclei
• pontine nucleus

Definition

Nuclei in the basal pons, intermingled among the descending axons from the cortex, that receive neocrotcial input and give rise to many axons that cross the midline to enter the contralateral cerebellum (Butler and Hodos, Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy, 2nd ed., 2005, pg 135)

References

• BAMS:PG
• BAMS:Pn
• BM:Pons-PGr
• BTO:0003396
• DHBA:12406
• EMAPA:35692
• HBA:9133
• MA:0001021
• MBA:931
• Pontine:nuclei
• UMLS:C0228448
• birnlex:1516
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=617
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0228448
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/304942009

Ontology

Uberon Ontology