raphe pallidus

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Etymology

Medical New Latin.

Noun

raphe pallidus (plural raphae pallidae)

  1. (anatomy, neuroanatomy) One of a cluster of nuclei (the raphe nuclei) found in the brain stem.
    Synonym: nucleus raphe pallidus
    • 1991, Yvette Taché; David L. Wingate, Brain-Gut Interactions, CRC Press, page 175:
      FIGURE 4. Stimulation of gastric acid secretion induced by microinjection of the stable TRH analog, RX 77368, into the raphe pallidus in urethane-anesthetized rats.
    • 2013, Ken W. S. Ashwell, 5: Peripheral nervous system, spinal cord, brainstem and cerebellum, Ken Ashwell (editor), Neurobiology of Monotremes, CSIRO Publishing, page 91,
      The raphe pallidus is located medial and ventral to the inferior olivary nuclear complex.
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