#summary Onuf's Nucleus
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This page covers biological details of component Onuf's Nucleus.
Region is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

  * *Top-down path to region*: Spinal Cord -> [BrainCenterSC_VH Anterior/Ventral Horn] (SC.VH) -> Lamina IX (SC.VH.L9) -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_VH_ONF Onuf's Nucleus] (LPC.SC.VH.ONF) (see [OverallMindMaps Mind Maps])
  * *Type*: nucleus
  * *Quality*: L0
  * *Brain area*: [BrainAreaLPC Lower Brain - Peripheral Control Area] (LPC)
  * *Area circuit*: Control Body Special Flexors (MBFS)
  * *Role*: flexor.nucleus
  * *Function*: Maintenance of urination and defecation, muscular contraction during orgasm
  * *Notes to function*: 
   * From Barrington's Nucleus
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= Components =
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  * no child items defined

= Connectivity =
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http://ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/dot/LPC.SC.VH.ONF.dot.png

*Inbound Region Connections:*

|| *Source Area* || *Source Region* || *Source Name* || *Type* || *Role* || *Reference* ||
|| [BrainAreaLAC LAC] || [BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_PV LAC.FD.HT.PV] || Paraventricular Nucleus || excitatory-glu || uncertain ||(unknown reference) ||
||  || [BrainRegionLAC_HT_BR LAC.HT.BR] || Barrington's Nucleus || excitatory-glu || uncertain ||[http://jp.physoc.org/content/557/1/287/F9.expansion.html Schematic overview of spinobulbospinal micturition reflex pathway (BAR -> ONF)] ||
|| [BrainAreaLRC LRC] || [BrainRegionLRC_HL_RA LRC.HL.RA] || Retroambigualis Nucleus || excitatory-glu || uncertain ||(unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainAreaNMA NMA] || [BrainRegionNMA_NC_MC NMA.NC.MC] || Motor Cortex || excitatory-glu || uncertain ||[http://instruct.uwo.ca/anatomy/530/cblm.htm Cerebellum functional divisions (CTX -> SCM, abstract)] ||

*Outbound Region Connections:*

|| *Target Area* || *Target Region* || *Target Name* || *Type* || *Role* || *Reference* ||
|| [BrainAreaTEA TEA] || [BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_GENITALIA TARGET.TEA.GENITALIA] || Genitalia || bulbospongiosus-muscle || (none) || (unknown reference) ||
||  || [BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_RECTUM TARGET.TEA.RECTUM] || Rectum || corrugator-cutis-ani-muscle || (none) || (unknown reference) ||
||  || [BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_URETER TARGET.TEA.URETER] || Ureter || external-urethral-sphincter-female || (none) || (unknown reference) ||

= Thirdparty Circuits =
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  * [http://www.intechopen.com/source/html/40109/media/image1.jpeg Physiology and pathophysiology of lower urinary tract] - see [http://www.intechopen.com/books/computational-intelligence-in-electromyography-analysis-a-perspective-on-current-applications-and-future-challenges/sphincter-emg-for-diagnosing-multiple-system-atrophy-and-related-disorders Reference] (CM.ONUF)

 CN=Caudate Nucleus,FEC.FT.CN (see [BrainCenterFEC_FT_BG Basal Ganglia])
 DVM=[BrainRegionLAC_HL_VGN Vagus Nucleus,LAC.HL.VGN]
 IMG=[BrainRegionLAC_PN_SYM_IMG Inferior Mesenteric Ganglion,LAC.PN.SYM.IMG]
 IML=[BrainRegionLAC_SC_IZ_IML Intermediolateral Nucleus,LAC.SC.IZ.IML]
 LC=[BrainRegionLMC_HT_LC Locus Coeruleus,LMC.HT.LC]
 MPFC=Orbitofrontal Cortex,NC.AL.OPFC (see [BrainCenterNC_AL_OMPFC Orbitomedial Prefrontal Cortex])
 MPOA=[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_MPO Median Preoptic Nucleus,LAC.FD.HT.MPO]
 NBM=[BrainRegionLMC_FT_NBM Basal Nucleus of Meynert,LMC.FT.NBM]
 ONF=[BrainRegionLPC_SC_VH_ONF Onuf's Nucleus,LPC.SC.VH.ONF]
 PBN=[BrainRegionLPC_HT_PRF_PB Parabrachial Nucleus,LPC.HT.PRF.PB]
 PEL=[BrainRegionLAC_PN_PSYM_PPG Pelvic Peripheral Ganglion,LAC.PN.PSYM.PPG]
 PU=[BrainRegionFEC_FT_PU_LT Dorsal Putamen Lateral,FEC.FT.PU.LT]
 PVN=[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_PV Paraventricular Nucleus,LAC.FD.HT.PV]
 SNC=[BrainRegionFEC_FT_SNC_LT Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta Lateral,FEC.FT.SNC.LT]
 SPS=[BrainRegionLAC_SC_IZ_SPS Sacral Parasympathetic Nucleus,LAC.SC.IZ.SPS]
 VTA=[BrainRegionLMC_MM_VTA Ventral Tegmental Area,LMC.MM.VTA]
 ZI=[BrainRegionFEC_FD_STN_CD Subthalamic Nucleus Caudal,BGA.FD.STN.ZI]
<img src="http://www.intechopen.com/source/html/40109/media/image1.jpeg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">

  * [http://jp.physoc.org/content/557/1/287/F9.large.jpg Schematic overview of spinobulbospinal micturition reflex pathway] - see [http://jp.physoc.org/content/557/1/287/F9.expansion.html Reference] (CM.BARRINGTON)

 BAR=[BrainRegionLAC_HT_BR Barrington's Nucleus,LAC.HT.BR]
 IMG=[BrainRegionLAC_PN_SYM_IMG Inferior Mesenteric Ganglion,LAC.PN.SYM.IMG]
 IML=[BrainRegionLAC_SC_IZ_IML Intermediolateral Nucleus,LAC.SC.IZ.IML]
 ONF=[BrainRegionLPC_SC_VH_ONF Onuf's Nucleus,LPC.SC.VH.ONF]
 PAG=[BrainRegionLMC_MM_PAG Periaqueductal Gray Matter,LMC.MM.PAG]
 PEL=[BrainRegionLAC_PN_PSYM_PPG Pelvic Peripheral Ganglion,LAC.PN.PSYM.PPG]
 SPS=[BrainRegionLAC_SC_IZ_SPS Sacral Parasympathetic Nucleus,LAC.SC.IZ.SPS]
<img src="http://jp.physoc.org/content/557/1/287/F9.large.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">


= References =
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  * http://www.intechopen.com/books/computational-intelligence-in-electromyography-analysis-a-perspective-on-current-applications-and-future-challenges/sphincter-emg-for-diagnosing-multiple-system-atrophy-and-related-disorders
  * http://jp.physoc.org/content/557/1/287/F9.expansion.html