Collective term for two small round cell groups in the caudal part of the midbrain (caudal pontine tegmental nucleus, nucleus tegmenti pontis caudalis and oral pontine tegmental nucleus, nucleus tegmenti pontis oralis), associated with the mamillary body by way of the mamillary peduncle and mamillotegmental tract. ... Synonym: nuclei tegmenti, Gudd...
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. collective term for cell groups in the caudal midbrain and mid- to rostral pons, one of which (ventral tegmental nucleus) is associated with the mammillary nuclei by way of the mammillary peduncle and mammillotegmental tract. Neurons in these nuclei are acetylcholinesterase rich. The anterior tegmental nucleus [TA], also ...
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