Lateral parabrachial nucleus

System Nervous

Lateral parabrachial nucleus

Definition

The lateral parabrachial nucleus induces thirst by stimulating the median preoptic nucleus. It gets its name from its location relative to the superior cerebellar peduncles, which is also known as the 'brachia conjunctiva'. [WP,unvetted].

The Lateral parabrachial nucleus is a part of the Nervous.

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