Nucleus of the medial ventral tegmental area, originally identified in the rat but also in cat, monkey and human, comprising an average of 7% volume of the VTA across the different species, with the largest being present in the cat. [ NLX:144319 ]
Synonyms: anterior linear nucleus RLi
Term information
- BAMS:LR
- MBA:197
- DHBA:12234
- neuronames:1808
- DMBA:16748
- HBA:9471
- NLX:144319
Brain Info does not list the linear nuclei as part of the ventral tegmental area but as a co-area of the midbrain tegmentum. Am assuming the rostral linear nucleus of the raphe is synonymous, but needs further review. (NIF)