Parvocellular reticular nucleus

Parvocellular reticular nucleus
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Identifiers
Latin	nucleus reticularis parvocellaris
NeuroNames	hier-725
Dorlands /Elsevier	n_11/12583080
TA	A14.1.04.312
FMA	72575
*Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy* []

The parvocellular reticular nucleus is part of the brain located dorsolateral to the caudal pontine reticular nucleus.

The dorsal portion of the reticular nucleus has been shown to innervate the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus and its surrounding area.

Also, it projects to the facial nucleus, hypoglossal nucleus and parabrachial area along with parts of the caudal parvocellular reticular formation.

This nucleus is also involved in expiration with a part of the .