The red nucleus or nucleus ruber is a structure in the rostral midbrain involved in motor coordination. It is pale pink in color; the color is believed to be due to iron, which is present in the red nucleus in at least two different forms; hemoglobin and ferritin. It comprises a caudal magnocellular and a rostral parvocellular part. It is located ...
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(from the article `nervous system, human`) ...caudal midbrain, crossed fibres of the superior cerebellar peduncle (the major output system of the cerebellum) surround and partially terminate ... The rubrospinal tract arises from cells in the caudal part of the red nucleus, an encapsulated cell group in the midbrain tegmentum. Fibres of ...
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A distinctive oval nucleus (pink in fresh specimens because of an iron-containing pigment in many of the cells) centrally placed in the upper mesencephalic reticular formation. It receives fibres from the deep cerebellar nuclei and cerebral cortex and projects fibres to the cerebellum, brainstem, spinal cord, and probably to the thalamus. The nucle...
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an oval mass of gray matter (pink in fresh specimens) in the anterior part of the tegmentum mesencephali, extending into the posterior part of the hypothalamus; it receives fibers from the cerebellum.
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