Term Name: rostral linear nucleus
Synonyms: anterior linear nucleus, RLi, rostral linear nucleus of the raphe
Definition: Nucleus of the medial ventral tegmental area, originally identified in the rat but also in cat, monkey and human, comprising an average of 7% volume of the VTA across the different species, with the largest being present in the cat.
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0013734]

Relationships
is part of: ventral tegmental area
is a type of: brainstem nucleus midbrain nucleus nucleus of brain
inverse disjoint_from: caudal linear nucleus