medial preoptic nucleus
The term medial preoptic nucleus refers to a collection of cells in the medial preoptic area demonstrated by Nissl stain in the macaque ( Paxinos-2009a ), the rat ( Swanson-2004 ) and the mouse ( Hof-2000 ). It is not found in the human ( Saper-2004 ). It is divided into a medial part of the medial preoptic nucleus and lateral part of the medial preoptic nucleus in all three species. The rat ( Swanson-2004 ) and mouse ( Dong-2004 ) have a central part of the medial preoptic nucleus as well. Functionally it is part of the behavior control column of the subcortical motor system ( Swanson-2004 ).
Also known as
| Name | Language | Source | Source Citation | Source Title | Organism |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medial preoptic nucleus | English | Bowden-1997 | Chapter 1 in Handbook Of Chemical Neuroanatomy: The Primate Nervous System, Part I, F. Bloom, A. Bjorklund and T. Hokfelt, Eds., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1997 | A digital Rosetta stone for primate brain terminology | rat |
| MPN | acronym | Hof-2000 | Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2000 | Comparative Cytoarchitectonic Atlas of the C57BL/6 and 129/Sv Mouse Brains | mouse |
| medial preoptic nucleus | English | Paxinos-2009a | Amsterdam: Elsevier-Academic Press. 2009 | The Rhesus Monkey Brain, Second Edition | Macaca mulatta |
| MPN | acronym | Swanson-2004 | Third Edition, Elsevier Academic Press, Oxford, 2004 | Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain. | rat |