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pretectal nucleus
- Term ID
- UBERON:0014450
- Synonyms
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- nucleus area pretectalis
- nucleus of the pretectal area
- pretectal nucleus
- Definition
- 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. https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/361
- References
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- BAMS:PTA
- DHBA:12182
- HBA:9083
- UMLS:C0175358
- birnlex:864
- http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=468
- http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0175358
- http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/416164009
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- Uberon Ontology
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