central gray substance of midbrain
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Periaqueductal gray (PAG; also called the 'central gray') is the gray matter located around the cerebral aqueduct within the midbrain. It plays a role in the descending modulation of pain and in defensive behaviour. The ascending pain and temperature fibers of the spinothalamic tract also send information to the PAG via the spinomesencephalic tract. The spinomesencephalic tract is so-named because the fibers originate in the spine and terminate in the mesencephalon, another name for the midbrain, the part of the brain in which the PAG resides. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://sourceforge.net/p/obo/mouse-anatomy-requests/40/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periaqueductal_gray ]
Synonyms: periaqueductal grey substance periaqueductal grey periaqueductal grey matter midbrain periaqueductal grey central (periaqueductal) gray periaqueductal gray of tegmentum periaqueductal gray matter anulus of cerebral aqueduct periaqueductal gray
Term information
- EMAPA:32781
- BTO:0002701
- TAO:0000518
- MBA:795
- null:http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=510
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periaqueductal_gray
- ZFA:0000518
- MA:0000209
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/369233003
- MA:0002895
- MESH:A08.186.211.132.659.822.595
- EV:0100249
- UMLS:C0228398 (BIRNLEX:973)
- BAMS:CGMB
- BM:MB-PAG
- GAID:585
- DHBA:12209
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0228398
- null:http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=510 (BIRNLEX:973)
- EFO:0002470
- BAMS:PAG
- BIRNLEX:973
- HBA:9003
- FMA:74510
uberon_slim, efo_slim, vertebrate_core