Perlia's nucleus

Perlia's nucleus, also known as nucleus of Perlia, located in the mesencephalon, is implicated in parasympathetic oculomotor functions, possibly including input to the iris and ciliary.[1][2] Perlia's nucleus may be a feature only possessed by humans, given that "a systematic study of 95 monkey brains revealed only 9% with a clear midline group, which might correspond to the NP".[3]

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References
  1. Waitzman, David M.; Oliver, Douglas L. (2002-01-01), "Midbrain", in Ramachandran, V. S. (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Human Brain, New York: Academic Press, pp. 43–68, ISBN 978-0-12-227210-3, retrieved 2023-09-08
  2. "NEUROANATOMY I. - Structures of the CNS". www.nan.upol.cz. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  3. Kozicz, Tamás; Bittencourt, Jackson C.; May, Paul J.; Reiner, Anton; Gamlin, Paul D. R.; Palkovits, Miklós; Horn, Anja K.E.; Toledo, Claudio A. B.; Ryabinin, Andrey E. (2011-06-01). "The Edinger-Westphal nucleus: A historical, structural, and functional perspective on a dichotomous terminology". The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 519 (8): 1413–1434. doi:10.1002/cne.22580. ISSN 0021-9967. PMC 3675228. PMID 21452224.


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