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intermediate reticular zone (pair)

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Official Latin term zona reticularis intermedia (par)
Official term intermediate reticular zone (pair)
Unit identifier TAH:U5409
Unit type pair
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Partonomic links Level 2: encephalon Short Extended
Level 3: caudal rhombencephalon Short Extended
Level 4: reticular 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: reticular nucleus of brain stem
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The Zona reticularis intermedia (Intermediate reticular zone of Paxinos et al. 1990) is the junctional zone between the alar and basal plates in the medulla oblongata and retropontine tegmentum. It contains the motoneurons of the ambiguus, retrofacial and facial nuclei, and the retroambiguus nucleus (Paxinos G, Huang X-F 1995 Atlas of the Human Brain Stem. Academic Press, CA). The IRZ around this motoneuron column includes the Bötzinger complex, the pre-Bötzinger complex and rostral and ventral respiratory and vasomotor groups (Blessing WW, Benarroch EE 2012 Lower brainstem regulation of visceral, cardiovascular, and respiratory function. In: Mai JK, Paxinos G, eds: The Human Central Nervous System, 3rd ed. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp 1058-1073). Alternatively, certain nuclei have been grouped as Lateral reticular formation (Nieuwenhuys R, Voogd J, van Huijzen C 2008 The Human Central Nervous System, 4th ed. Springer, Heidelberg).
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Date: 25.06.2025