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cuneate nucleus (pair)

Identification
Official Latin term nucleus cuneatus (par)
Official term cuneate nucleus (pair)
Unit identifier TAH:U5340
Unit type pair
Materiality material
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Partonomic links Level 2: encephalon Short Extended
Level 3: caudal rhombencephalon Short Extended
Level 4: somatosensory nuclei of caudal rhombencephalon (pair)
Taxonomic links Level 2: grey matter of central nervous system Short Extended
Level 3: nucleus of brain stem
Level 4: somatosensory nucleus
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Taxonomic definition
Taxonomic definition A cuneate nucleus is a somatosensory nucleus of caudal rhombencephalon [nucleus somatosensorius rhombencephali caudalis ] which is related to the upper part of the body corresponding to the segment T6 [] and above of the spinal cord [medulla spinalis ].
Notes
For the Nucleus cuneatus (Cuneate nucleus), the new subdivision into 4 parts by Florence SL, Wall JT, Kaas JH (1989 Somatotopic organization of inputs from the hand to the spinal gray and cuneate nucleus of monkeys. J Comp Neurol 286:48-70) is used, as in Paxinos G, Huang X-F (1995 Atlas of the Human Brainstem. Academic Press, San Diego). The human cuneate nucleus contains discrete subregions with neurochemical features, matching those of the relay nuclei for nociceptive information, termed locus K (locus Karalis after the ancient name of Cagliari; Del Fiacco et al. 2014 Brain Struct Funct 219:2083-2101).
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Date: 25.06.2025