raphe pallidus

English

Etymology

Medical New Latin.

Noun

raphe pallidus (plural raphae pallidae)

  1. (anatomy, neuroanatomy) One of a cluster of nuclei (the raphe nuclei) found in the brain stem.
    Synonym: nucleus raphe pallidus
    • 1991, Yvette Taché, David L. Wingate, Brain-Gut Interactions, CRC Press, page 175:
      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.
    • 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:
      The raphe pallidus is located medial and ventral to the inferior olivary nuclear complex.
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