Medial parabrachial nucleus
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The Medial parabrachial nucleus is a nucleus of the pons
which constitutes part of the pneumotaxic center
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It gets its name from its location relative to the superior cerebellar peduncles
, which is also known as the "brachia conjunctiva".
Pons
The pons is a structure located on the brain stem, named after the Latin word for "bridge" or the 16th-century Italian anatomist and surgeon Costanzo Varolio . It is superior to the medulla oblongata, inferior to the midbrain, and ventral to the cerebellum. In humans and other bipeds this means it...
which constitutes part of the pneumotaxic center
Pneumotaxic center
The pneumotaxic center , also known as the pontine respiratory group , is a network of neurons in the rostral dorsal lateral pons. It consists of the Kölliker-Fuse nucleus and the medial parabrachial nucleus....
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It gets its name from its location relative to the superior cerebellar peduncles
Superior cerebellar peduncles
The superior cerebellar peduncles , two in number, emerge from the upper and medial part of the white substance of the hemispheres and are placed under cover of the upper part of the cerebellum....
, which is also known as the "brachia conjunctiva".