Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus
"Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Dense collection of cells in the caudal pontomesencephalic tegmentum known to play a role in the functional organization of the BASAL GANGLIA and in the modulation of the thalamocortical neuronal system.
| Descriptor ID |
D045042
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.132.659.413.875.284.500 A08.186.211.132.772.322.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus- Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus
- Nucleus, Pedunculopontine Tegmental
- Tegmental Nucleus, Pedunculopontine
- Nucleus Tegmentalis Pedunculopontinus
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus" by people in Profiles.
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Negative reward signals from the lateral habenula to dopamine neurons are mediated by rostromedial tegmental nucleus in primates. J Neurosci. 2011 Aug 10; 31(32):11457-71.
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The rostromedial tegmental nucleus (RMTg), a GABAergic afferent to midbrain dopamine neurons, encodes aversive stimuli and inhibits motor responses. Neuron. 2009 Mar 12; 61(5):786-800.