pretectal nucleus
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
- HBA:9083
- neuronames:468 (BIRNLEX:864)
- SCTID:416164009
- EMAPA:37919 (MA:th)
- DHBA:12182
- BAMS:PTA
- UMLS:C0175358 (BIRNLEX:864)
- FMA:72401
- BIRNLEX:864
pheno_slim
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
in hagfishes, there are two: the pretectal nucleus and the nucleus of the posterior commissure[ISBN:0471888893]
see notes for pretectal region. Note this is midbrain in FMA, midbrain (mesencephalon) in HBA, midbrain in DHBA
https://github.com/cmungall
nucleus area pretectalis, nucleus of the pretectal area
UBERON:0002994
uberon
UBERON:0014450
Nucleus of pretectal area
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9255, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7761