Periaqueductal Gray Dorsolateral Division

Hierarchy level in atlas is 7: 6 superstructures include it.

abbreviation: PAGdl

Abbreviation

PAGdl

Species

Rat

Description of part

According to Beitz 1985, Herbert and Saper 1992. This is perhaps the clearest division of the caudal PAG cytoarchitectonically (small, densely packed neurons), and because of this the dorsal division is also very easy to distinguish.

Part type

gray matter

Nomenclature

Swanson-2004

Endorsement

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

Reference

Author: Swanson L.W.
Title of Book: Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain. Third Edition
Year: 2004
Pages: 166-179
Edition: third
Publisher: Elsevier