Abbreviation

NLL

Species

Rat

Description of part

While it is common to divide this nucleus into dorsal and ventral parts, or into dorsal, intermediate and ventral parts, the architecture and connections of this cell group have not been examined in any detail in the rat...where it has been done, it is obvious that the NLL id an extremely complex region (see Covey and Caseday 1986). We have not attempted to parcellate the NLL.

Part type

gray matter

Nomenclature

Swanson-1992

Endorsement

The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is not endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.

Collator argument

The hierarchy was constructed and adapted according to the information found in the Rat Brain Atlas, Swanson 1992. We have considered three types of brain structures: grisea (neural masses), fiber tracts, and ventricles. The hierarchical tree was constructed by taking into account two criteria: the set of classes and subclasses of the basic cell groups and fiber systems of the rat CNS and the topological positions of structures relative to superstructures.

Reference

Nucleus of the lateral lemniscus - Rat - Swanson-1998
Nucleus of the lateral lemniscus - Rat - Swanson-2004
Nucleus of the lateral lemniscus - Mouse - Dong-2007