Periaqueductal Gray Dorsolateral Division

Hierarchy level in atlas is 6: 5 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-1998

Endorsement

The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.

Collator argument

The position of this brain part in hierarchy was collated from the associated reference

Reference

Author: Swanson LW
Title of Book: Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain
Year: 1998
Pages: 196-213
Edition: second
Publisher: Elsevier