central part of the medial preoptic nucleus

The term central part of the medial preoptic nucleus refers to one of three parts of the medial preoptic nucleus in the rat ( Swanson-2004 ) and the mouse ( Dong-2004 ). The others are the medial part of the medial preoptic nucleus and the lateral part of the medial preoptic nucleus. Functionally the medial preoptic nucleus 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, central part English Swanson-2004 Third Edition, Elsevier Academic Press, Oxford, 2004 Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain. rat
central part of the medial preoptic nucleus English NeuroNames University of Washington, Seattle, WA NeuroNames Unspecified
MPNc acronym Dong-2004 Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, 2004 Allen Reference Atlas mouse
MPNc acronym Swanson-2004 Third Edition, Elsevier Academic Press, Oxford, 2004 Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain. rat
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