raphe pallidus
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raphe pallidus (plural raphae pallidae)
- (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.