dorsal commissural nucleus of spinal cord
A continuous column of gray matter along the midline in the dorsal gray commissure that sends fibers to the hypogastric nerve. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/758335 ]
Term info
database cross reference
- NLX:144463
- MA:0001128
- EMAPA:37748 (MA:th)
UBPROP 0000008
The DCN may be species-specific and related to the system of short adrenergic neurons present in the pelvis.
has broad synonym
spinal cord dorsal commissural nucleus
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uberon
id
UBERON:0011776
Term relations
Subclass of:
- nucleus of spinal cord
- part of some dorsal gray commissure of spinal cord
- part of some dorsal horn of spinal cord