Oral pontine reticular nucleus

Oral pontine reticular nucleus
Oral pontine reticular nucleus
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Identifiers
Latin	nucleus reticularis pontis oralis
NeuroNames	565
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_875
TA98	A14.1.05.503
TA2	5950
FMA	72468
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The oral pontine reticular nucleus, or rostral pontine reticular nucleus is one of the two components of the medial (efferent/motor) zone of the pontine reticular formation - the other being the caudal pontine reticular nucleus. The efferents of these two structures together give rise to the medial (pontine) reticulospinal tract (which modulates the muscle tone of the trunk and limb musculature). A population of their neurons together also form the paramedian pontine reticular formation which is involved in the coordination of horizontal conjugate eye movements in response to head movements.^[1]

^ Patestas, Maria A.; Gartner, Leslie P. (2016). A Textbook of Neuroanatomy (2nd ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 307–308, 310. ISBN 978-1-118-67746-9.

[:0-1] Patestas, Maria A.; Gartner, Leslie P. (2016). A Textbook of Neuroanatomy (2nd ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 307–308, 310. ISBN 978-1-118-67746-9.

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