Peripeduncular nucleus

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 25949000

Peripeduncular nucleus

Definition

A group of neuron cell bodies that form a thin, caplike configuration over the dorsolateral aspect of the crus cerebri; many of its cells are acetylcholinesterase positive.

Also known as peripeduncular nucleus of pons — per UBERON

The Peripeduncular nucleus is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as