A large raphe nucleus extending from the anterior part of the pons through the mesencephalon; its neurons are serotoninergic[NIF]. The dorsal raphe nucleus is a part of the raphe nucleus and consists of rostral and caudal subdivisions. The rostral aspect of the dorsal raphe is further divided into interfascicular, ventral, ventrolateral and dorsal subnuclei. The projections of the dorsal raphe have been found to vary topographically, and thus the subnuclei differ in their projections. An increased number of cells in the lateral aspects of the dorsal raphe is characteristic of humans and other primates. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsal_raphe_nucleus https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=440764&aid=3248146&group_id=36855 BIRNLEX:982 ]
Synonyms: cell group b7 nucleus raphes posterior dorsal nucleus of the raphe dorsal nucleus raphe dorsal raphe inferior raphe nucleus nucleus raphes dorsalis posterior raphe nucleus
Term information
- BM:MB-DR
- ZFA:0000366
- MA:0002980
- UMLS:C0175392 (BIRNLEX:982)
- MESH:D065847
- MBA:872
- Wikipedia:Dorsal_raphe_nucleus
- FMA:68462
- BAMS:DR
- BTO:0002434
- EMAPA:35293
- HBA:9457
- TAO:0000366
- neuronames:512 (BIRNLEX:982)
- DHBA:12223
- BIRNLEX:982
- EFO:0001919
uberon_slim, efo_slim, vertebrate_core
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Drn.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c6/Drn.png/200px-Drn.png
nucleus raphes posterior
nucleus raphe posterior
dorsal raphé
nucleus dorsalis raphes
nucleus raphe dorsalis
posterior raphe nucleus
Term relations
- nucleus of midbrain reticular formation
- part of some midbrain reticular formation
- part of some raphe nuclei