Paramedian pontine reticular formation | |
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Details | |
Part of | Brain stem |
Artery | Pontine arteries |
Vein | Transverse and lateral pontine veins |
Identifiers | |
Latin | formatio reticularis pontis paramediana |
NeuroNames | 1399 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
The paramedian pontine reticular formation (PPRF) (also known as paraabducens nucleus) is a subset of neurons of the oral and caudal pontine reticular nuclei mediating horizontal gaze.[1] It is situated in the pons adjacent to the abducens nucleus.[2] It projects to the ipsilateral abducens (cranial nerve VI) nucleus, and contralateral oculomotor (cranial nerve III) nucleus[note 1] to mediate conjugate horizontal eye movements and saccades.
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