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
- BM:MB-PAG
- BTO:0002701
- MA:0002895
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0228398
- TAO:0000518
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/369233003
- DHBA:12209
- BIRNLEX:973
- UMLS:C0228398 (BIRNLEX:973)
- EV:0100249
- MESH:A08.186.211.132.659.822.595
- null:http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=510
- EFO:0002470
- HBA:9003
- ZFA:0000518
- BAMS:PAG
- BAMS:CGMB
- FMA:74510
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periaqueductal_gray
- MA:0000209
- null:http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=510 (BIRNLEX:973)
- GAID:585
- MBA:795
uberon_slim, efo_slim, vertebrate_core
griseum periventriculare mesencephali
griseum centrale mesencephali
central grey substance of midbrain
substantia grisea centralis mesencephali
central gray
central gray substance of the midbrain
periaqueductal gray, proper
central grey
s. grisea centralis
central gray of the midbrain
pAG
anulus aqueductus cerebri
anulus aquaeductus
periaquectuctal grey