| ventral intermediate thalamic nucleus | The composite middle third of the ventral nucleus receiving in its various parts distinctive projections from the contralateral half of the cerebellum (by way of the superior cerebellar peduncle) and the ipsilateral globus pallidus; nearly all parts of the nucleus project to the motor cortex [MediLexicon: http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=61784]. | nucleus ventralis intermedius; nucleus ventralis lateralis; ventral lateral nucleus of thalamus |
| dentate nucleus | The dentate nucleus is located within the deep white matter of each cerebellar hemisphere, and it is the largest single structure linking the cerebellum to the rest of the brain. It is the largest and most lateral, or farthest from the midline, of the four pairs of deep cerebellar nuclei, the others being the fastigial and the interposed nuclei (globose and emboliform nuclei combined). The dentate nucleus is responsible for the planning, initiation and control of voluntary movements. The dorsal region of the dentate nucleus contains output channels involved in motor function, which is the movement of skeletal muscle, while the ventral region contains output channels involved in nonmotor function, such as conscious thought and visuospatial function [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentate_nucleus]. | — |
| renal distal convoluted tubule | The distal convoluted tubule (DCT) is a portion of kidney nephron between the loop of Henle and the collecting duct system. | distal convoluted tubule |
| dorsal vagal nucleus | The dorsal nucleus of the vagus nerve (or posterior motor nucleus of vagus) is a cranial nerve nucleus for the vagus nerve that arises from the floor of the fourth ventricle. It mostly serves parasympathetic vagal functions in the gastrointestinal tract, lungs, and other thoracic and abdominal vagal innervations. The cell bodies for the preganglionic parasympathetic vagal neurons that innervate the heart reside in the nucleus ambiguus [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsal_nucleus_of_vagus_nerve]. | — |
| dorsomedial nucleus | The dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus is a nucleus of the hypothalamus. It is involved in feeding, drinking, body-weight regulation and circadian activity [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsomedial_hypothalamic_nucleus]. | — |
| facial nucleus | The facial motor nucleus is a collection of neurons in the brainstem that belong to the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII). These lower motor neurons innervate the muscles of facial expression and the stapedius [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_motor_nucleus]. | — |
| oculomotor nucleus | The fibers of the oculomotor nerve arise from a nucleus in the midbrain, which lies in the gray substance of the floor of the cerebral aqueduct and extends in front of the aqueduct for a short distance into the floor of the third ventricle. From this nucleus the fibers pass forward through the tegmentum, the red nucleus, and the medial part of the substantia nigra, forming a series of curves with a lateral convexity, and emerge from the oculomotor sulcus on the medial side of the cerebral peduncle [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculomotor_nucleus]. | — |
| flocculonodular lobe | The flocculonodular lobe is a lobe of the cerebellum consisting of the nodule and the flocculus [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flocculonodular_lobe]. | — |
| habenular nucleus | The gray matter of the habenula, composed of a small-celled medial and a larger-celled lateral habenular nucleus; both nuclei receive fibres from basal forebrain regions (septum, basal nucleus, lateral preoptic nucleus); the lateral habenular nucleus receives an additional projection from the medial segment of the globus pallidus. Both nuclei project by way of the retroflex fasciculus to the interpeduncular nucleus and a medial zone of the midbrain tegmentum [Brenda]. | — |
| nucleus of the hypoglossal nerve | The hypoglossal nucleus is a cranial nerve nucleus, and it extends the length of the medulla, and being a motor nucleus, is close to the midline. In the open medulla, it is visible as what is known as the hypoglossal trigone, a raised area (medial to the vagal trigone) protruding slightly into the fourth ventricle. In the closed medulla, the gracile and cuneate nuclei lie posteriorly, which means the nucleus is not as close to the back of the medulla as in the open medulla. It is, however, still close to the midline [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoglossal_nucleus]. | Hypoglossal nucleus |
| lateral dorsal thalamic nucleus | The lateral dorsal nucleus is a nucleus of the thalamus. It acts in concert with the anterior nuclei of thalamus. It receives significant input from several subdivisions of visual cortex, and has a primary output to parietal cortex on the dorsolateral cortical convexity, giving it access to limbic forebrain nuclei important for emotion and behavior functions [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_dorsal_nucleus_of_thalamus]. | — |
| lateral geniculate nucleus | The lateral geniculate nucleus is the primary processing center for visual information received from the retina of the eye. The LGN is found inside the thalamus of the brain, and is thus part of the central nervous system [Brenda]. | — |
| lateral nucleus | The lateral hypothalamus or lateral hypothalamic area is a part of the hypothalamus. It is concerned with hunger. Damage to this area can cause reduced food intake. Stimulating the lateral hypothalamus causes a desire to eat, while stimulating the ventromedial hypothalamus causes a desire to stop eating [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_hypothalamus]. | lateral hypothalamus; lateral hypothalamic area |
| nucleus of the lateral lemniscus | The lateral lemniscus is a tract of axons in the brainstem that carries information about sound from the cochlear nucleus to various brainstem nuclei and ultimately the contralateral inferior colliculus of the midbrain. Three distinct, primarily inhibitory, cellular groups are located interspersed within these fibers, and are thus named the nuclei of the lateral lemniscus [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_lemniscus]. | lateral lemniscus |
| lateral mamillary nucleus | The lateral mamillary nucleus is a group of nuclei which besides the medial mamillary nucleus make up the mammaliary body (pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the brain), that, as part of the diencephalon form part of the limbic system located at the ends of the anterioir arces of the fornix [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammillary_body]. | lateral mammillary nuclei; lateral mamillary nuclei; lateral mammillary nuclei; Lateral mammillary hypothalamic nucleus |
| lateral thalamic nuclei | The lateral nuclear complex, lying lateral to the internal medullary lamina, is the largest division of the thalamus. It is divided into dorsal and ventral tiers of nuclei. The lateral dorsal nucleus, lateral posterior nucleus and the pulvinar all lie dorsally. The lateral and medial geniculate nuclei lie inferior to the pulvinar near the posterior pole of the thalamus. The ventral tier nuclei are the ventral anterior, ventral lateral and ventral posterior nuclei [Gray's Anatomy: http://www.expertconsultbook.com/expertconsult/ob/book.do?method=display&type=bookPage&decorator=none&eid=4-u1.0-B978-0-443-06684-9..50029-9--cesec4&isbn=978-0-443-06684-9]. | Lateral nuclear group |
| lateral olfactory stria | The lateral olfactory stria is directed across the lateral part of the anterior perforated substance and then bends abruptly medialward toward the uncus of the hippocampal gyrus [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_olfactory_stria]. | — |
| lateral posterior thalamic nucleus | The lateral posterior nucleus is a nucleus of the thalamus. It acts in concert with the pulvinar [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_posterior_nucleus_of_thalamus]. | — |
| lentiform nucleus | The lentiform nucleus or lenticular nucleus comprises the putamen and the globus pallidus within the basal ganglia. It is a large, cone-shaped mass of gray matter just lateral to the internal capsule [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lentiform_nucleus]. | — |
| medial dorsal thalamic nucleus | The medial dorsal nucleus (or dorsomedial nucleus of thalamus) is a large nucleus in the thalamus [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medial_dorsal_nucleus]. | — |
| anterior medial thalamic nucleus | The medial dorsal nucleus (or dorsomedial nucleus of thalamus) is a large nucleus in the thalamus. It is believed to play a role in memory [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medial_dorsal_nucleus]. | medial dorsal nucleus; dorsomedial nucleus of thalamus |
| medial geniculate nucleus | The medial geniculate nucleus is a nucleus of the thalamus that acts as a relay for auditory information. It receives its input from the inferior colliculus and sends information out to the auditory cortex. Nucleus within the medial geniculate body [Brenda]. | — |
| medial olfactory stria | The medial olfactory stria turns medialward behind the parolfactory area and ends in the subcallosal gyrus; in some cases a small intermediate stria is seen running backward to the anterior perforated substance [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medial_olfactory_stria]. | — |
| medial thalamic nuclei | The medial thalamic nucleus is a large nuclear mass within the internal medullary lamina of the thalamus [Walker, 1940: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cne.900730107/abstract?systemMessage=Wiley+Online+Library+will+be+disrupted+3+Mar+from+10-13+GMT+for+monthly+maintenance]. Central medial thalamic nucleus are cell groups within the internal medullary lamina of the thalamus. They include a rostral division comprising the paracentral, central lateral, central dorsal, and central medial nuclei, and a caudal division composed of the centromedian and parafascicular nuclei [MeSH]. | central medial thalamic nucleus; nucleus centralis medialis thalami; central medial thalamic nucleus; central medial nucleus thalamus; central medial nucleus of thalamus; nucleus centralis medialis |
| mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus | The mesencephalic nucleus is involved with proprioception of the face, that is, the feeling of position of the muscles. Unlike many nuclei within the CNS, the mesencephalic nucleus contains no chemical synapses but are electrically coupled. Instead, neurons of this nucleus are pseudounipolar cells receiving proprioceptive information from the mandible, and sending projections to the motor trigeminal nucleus to mediate monosynaptic jaw jerk reflexes. It is also the only structure in the CNS to contain the cell bodies of a primary afferent, which are usually contained within ganglia (like the trigeminal ganglion) [Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesencephalic_nucleus_of_trigeminal_nerve]. | — |
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