Periaqueductal Gray Ventrolateral Division

Hierarchy level in atlas is 7: 6 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-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