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pontine nucleus/gray matter
The massive gray matter, composed of indivdual nuclei, that fills the basilar pons.
Physiology:
- A major way-station in the impulse conduction from the cerebral cortex off one hemisphere to the posterior lobe of the opposite cerebellum
Related
internal capsule
Specific
pontine micturition center; Barrington's nucleus
General
brain structure
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.