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pretectal nucleus

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A neural nucleus of the pretectal area (between dorsal thalamus and optic tectum) that receives afferents primarily from the retina and the optic tectum and are involved in modulating motor behavior in response to visual input. [ http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0471888893&isbn=1/ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/361 ]

Synonyms: pretectal area nucleus, nucleus of pretectal area, pretectal nucleus

Term info

database cross reference
  • SCTID:416164009
  • DHBA:12182
  • EMAPA:37919 (MA:th)
  • BIRNLEX:864
  • HBA:9083
  • BAMS:PTA
  • UMLS:C0175358 (BIRNLEX:864)
  • neuronames:468 (BIRNLEX:864)
  • FMA:72401
Subsets

pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000001

Any of the groups of neurons located between the thalamus and midbrain that receive binocular sensory input from retinal ganglion cells of the eyes and are responsible for maintaining the pupillary light reflex

UBPROP 0000008

in hagfishes, there are two: the pretectal nucleus and the nucleus of the posterior commissure[ISBN:0471888893]

UBPROP 0000012

see notes for pretectal region. Note this is midbrain in FMA, midbrain (mesencephalon) in HBA, midbrain in DHBA

contributor

https://github.com/cmungall

has related synonym

nucleus area pretectalis, nucleus of the pretectal area

has alternative id

UBERON:0002994

id

UBERON:0014450

prefLabel

Nucleus of pretectal area

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9255, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7761