Pontine nuclei

Pontine nuclei
	Cross section through the lower pons showing the pontine nuclei (#22) and the pontocerebellar fibers emerging from them to become the middle cerebellar peduncle
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Identifiers
Latin	nuclei pontis
NeuroNames	617
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_1516
TA	A14.1.05.202
FMA	72512
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The pontine nuclei (or griseum pontis) are the nuclei of the pons involved in motor activity. The pontine nuclei are located in the ventral pons.[1] Corticopontine fibres carry information from the primary motor cortex to the ipsilateral pontine nucleus in the ventral pons, and the pontocerebellar projection then carries that information to the contralateral cerebellum via the middle cerebellar peduncle. Extension of these nuclei in the medulla oblongata are named arcuate nucleus (medulla) which has the same function.

They therefore allow modification of actions in the light of their outcome, or error correction, and are hence important in learning motor skills.

References

Kratochwil, CF; Maheshwari, U; Rijli, FM (2017). "The Long Journey of Pontine Nuclei Neurons: From Rhombic Lip to Cortico-Ponto-Cerebellar Circuitry". Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 11: 33. doi:10.3389/fncir.2017.00033. PMC 5434118. PMID 28567005.

External links

Illustration and text: Bs97/TEXT/P16/intro.htm at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical school
Diagram at mindsci-clinic.com

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[Kratochwil-1] Kratochwil, CF; Maheshwari, U; Rijli, FM (2017). "The Long Journey of Pontine Nuclei Neurons: From Rhombic Lip to Cortico-Ponto-Cerebellar Circuitry". Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 11: 33. doi:10.3389/fncir.2017.00033. PMC 5434118. PMID 28567005.