A13 dopaminergic cell group

A13

A group of cells that fluoresce for dopamine and are distributed in clusters that, in the primate, are ventral and medial to the mammillothalamic tract of the hypothalamus; a few extend into the reuniens nucleus of the thalamus (Felten-1983). In the mouse A13 is located ventral to the mammillothalamic tract of the thalamus in the zona incerta (adapted from Brain Info).

Type Bone
Parent Structure dopaminergic cell groups
Latin Name A13

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What is the A13 dopaminergic cell group?
A group of cells that fluoresce for dopamine and are distributed in clusters that, in the primate, are ventral and medial to the mammillothalamic tract of the hypothalamus; a few extend into the reuniens nucleus of the thalamus (Felten-1983). In the mouse A13 is located ventral to the mammillothalam
What is the Latin name for the A13 dopaminergic cell group?
The Latin name for the A13 dopaminergic cell group is A13.

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