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Pretectal Olivary Nucleus

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This page covers biological details of component Pretectal Olivary Nucleus. Region is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

• *Top-down path to region*: Midbrain Mesencephalon -> Reflexes Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon (MM.REF) -> Visual Reflexes Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon (MM.REF.VIS) -> Pretectum (MM.PT) -> Pretectal Olivary Nucleus (LRC.MM.PT.PON) (see Mind Maps)
• *Type*: nucleus
• *Brain area*: Lower Brain - Motor Reflex Area
• *Role*: relay
• *Function*: Pupillary light reflex and modulating subcortical nuclei involved in circadian rhythms
• *Notes to function*: Primary visual centre, involved in the pupillary light reflex, receives retinal input

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• Inbound Region Connections:*

|| *Source Area* || *Source Region* || *Source Name* || *Type* || *Reference* || || LPC || BrainRegionLPC_FD_RT LPC.FD.RT || Retina || excitatory-glu || [Targets of retina neurons (Retina -> Pretectum, abstract)] ||

• Outbound Region Connections:*

|| *Target Area* || *Target Region* || *Target Name* || *Type* || *Reference* || || LAC || BrainRegionLAC_MM_EWN LAC.MM.EWN || Edinger-Westphal Nucleus || excitatory-glu || [Eye blink reflex and pupillary light reflex (Pretectum -> EWN, abstract)] || || NSA || BrainRegionNSA_FD_LGN NSA.FD.LGN || Lateral Geniculate Nucleus || excitatory-glu || (unknown reference) ||

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