raphe pallidus

noun

One of a cluster of nuclei (the raphe nuclei) found in the brain stem.

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nucleus raphe pallidus
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nounraphe pallidus (plural raphae pallidae)

plural raphae pallidae

  1. anatomyOne of a cluster of nuclei (the raphe nuclei) found in the brain stem.

    The raphe pallidus is located medial and ventral to the inferior olivary nuclear complex.

    2013, Ken W. S. Ashwell, “5: Peripheral nervous system, spinal cord, brainstem and cerebellum”, in Ken Ashwell, editor, Neurobiology of Monotremes, CSIRO Publishing, page 91
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    FIGURE 4. Stimulation of gastric acid secretion induced by microinjection of the stable TRH analog, RX 77368, into the raphe pallidus in urethane-anesthetized rats.

    1991, Yvette Taché, David L. Wingate, Brain-Gut Interactions, CRC Press, page 175

    Synonyms: nucleus raphe pallidus

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne of a cluster of nuclei (the raphe nuclei) found in the brain stem.

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nucleus raphe pallidus

Origin

Medical New Latin.

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