- The
pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) or
pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPT or PPTg) is a
collection of
neurons located in the
upper pons in the brainstem...
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glutamatergic neurons in the
parabrachial and
pedunculopontine nucleus ...
Juxtacellular recordings from
pedunculopontine neurons have
found that
nearly all cholinergic...
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fourth ventricle, and
includes the
reticulotegmental nucleus, the
pedunculopontine nucleus, the
laterodorsal tegmental nucleus, and
several cranial nerve...
- the
pontine tegmentum. Its
location is one-third of the way from the
pedunculopontine nucleus to the thalamus,
inferior to the
pineal gland. The laterodorsal...
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glutamatergic and
GABAergic inputs from the
laterodorsal tegmental nucleus and
pedunculopontine nucleus,
noradrenergic inputs from the
locus ceruleus, serotonergic...
- More recently,
other areas such as the
centromedian nucleus and the
pedunculopontine complex have been
thought to be
regulators of the
basal ganglia. Near...
- serotoninergic, dopaminergic, and
histaminergic neurons located in the
pedunculopontine and
laterodorsal tegmental nucleus (PPT/LDT),
locus coeruleus, dorsal...
- (SNc)
Neurotransmitter Origin Type of
Connection Sources Glutamate pedunculopontine nucleus subthalamic nucleus laterodorsal tegmental nucleus stria terminalis...
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towards the habenula. It also
gives output to
other areas including the
pedunculopontine nucleus and to the area
behind the red nucleus. The
evolutionary increase...
- serotoninergic, dopaminergic, and
histaminergic neurons located in the
pedunculopontine and
laterodorsal tegmental nucleus (PPT/LDT),
locus coeruleus, dorsal...
