Medial parabrachial nucleus

Nucleus parabrachialis medialis

Definition

The medial parabrachial nucleus is one of three nuclei in the parabrachial area at the junction of the midbrain and pons. It relays information from the taste area of the solitary nucleus to the ventral posteromedial nucleus of the thalamus.

References

This definition incorporates text from the wikipedia website - Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia. (2004, July 22). FL: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved August 10, 2004, from http://www.wikipedia.org