Part of the superior olivary complex of nuclei in the caudal pontine tegmentum, situated within the trapezoid body in humans. (Brodal, Neurological Anatomy, 3rd edition, 1981, pg 617). In many species, it comprises a medial superior olivary nucleus and a lateral superior olivary nucleus. [ BIRNLEX:900 ]
Term information
- BAMS:SOl
- DHBA:12468
- HBA:9182
- neuronames:570
- BIRNLEX:900
- UMLS:C0228444
Wikipedia includes Medial nucleus of the trapezoid body. Wikipedia:Superior_olivary_complex#Primary_nuclei
many sources refer to this simply as the 'superior olive' or the 'superior olivary nucleus'. However, this is confusing as superior olive is sometimes used to denote the full SOC, which includes periolvary nuclei[https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/631]