Preferred Label : medial nucleus of trapezoid body;
Uberon definition : Nucleus in the pontine tegmentum of most mammals that receives projections from the
ventral cochlear nucleus via the large specialized synapse, the Calyx of Held. It
is not clear whether a well defined nucleus is present in humans, although humans
may possess scattered cells with similar input.;
Uberon synonym : MNTB;
Origin ID : 0002833;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
- part of
Nucleus in the pontine tegmentum of most mammals that receives projections from the
ventral cochlear nucleus via the large specialized synapse, the Calyx of Held. It
is not clear whether a well defined nucleus is present in humans, although humans
may possess scattered cells with similar input.
