Periaqueductal Gray Ventrolateral Division

Hierarchy level in atlas is 6: 5 superstructures include it.

abbreviation: PAGvl

Abbreviation

PAGvl

Species

Rat

Description of part

Beitz (1985). This large division is undoubtely heterogeneous (Keay et al. 1994) and requires further structural characterization. For example, there is a supraoculomotor region ventrally (Herbert and Saper 1992).

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