Small distinct nucleus in the pretectum of mammals involved in the pupillary light reflect. In rats, it is an olive shaped (anterior) nucleus lying ventral to the brachium of the superior colliculus (Paxinos, The rat nervous system, 2nd ed, 1995, pg. 862). Physiologically, it is identified by neurons sensitive to luminance changes. [ BIRNLEX:1037 ]
Synonyms: olivary nucleus of superior colliculus nucleus praetectalis olivaris pretectal olivary nucleus
Term information
- BIRNLEX:1037
- BAMS:OPt
- Wikipedia:Olivary_pretectal_nucleus
- FMA:72405
- BM:MB-Tec-OPT
- DMBA:16589
- BAMS:OPT
- HBA:9086
- BAMS:APT
- BAMS:APN
- neuronames:472 (BIRNLEX:1037)
- EMAPA:37921 (MA:th)
- UMLS:C0175359 (BIRNLEX:1037)
- DHBA:12186
- BAMS:OP
- MBA:706
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
nucleus olivaris mesencephali
anterior pretectal nucleus
nucleus praetectalis anterior
nucleus olivaris pretectalis of Fuse
nucleus olivaris colliculi superioris (Fuse)
nucleus olivaris corporis quadrigemini anterioris
nucleus pretectalis anterior
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006848
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002711
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002996
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_8293
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9347
Term relations
- nucleus of midbrain tectum
- pretectal nucleus
- contributes to morphology of some pretectal region
- only in taxon some Amniota
- part of some pretectal region