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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

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Term information

Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, vertebrate_core

latin term
anulus aqueductus cerebri [ NeuroNames:510 ]

latin term
griseum periventriculare mesencephali [ NeuroNames:510 ]

abbreviation
CGMB [ BIRNLEX:973 NIFSTD:NeuroNames_abbrevSource ]

latin term
griseum centrale mesencephali [ NeuroNames:510 ]

latin term
substantia grisea centralis mesencephali [ NeuroNames:510 ]

latin term
anulus aquaeductus [ NeuroNames:510 ]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Cn3nucleus.png

has broad synonym

CGMB

griseum centrale

substantia grisea centralis

has related synonym

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

id

UBERON:0003040