pedunculopontine nucleus

pedunculopontine nucleus读音音标

pedunculopontine nucleus意思解释

释义

[医]脚桥核；

英英释义

The pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) (or pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus, PPTN or PPTg) is located in the brainstem, caudal to the substantia nigra and adjacent to the superior cerebellar peduncle. It has two divisions, one containing cholinergic neurons, the pars compacta, and one containing mostly glutamatergic neurons, the pars dissipata.