| Term Name: | rostral linear nucleus |
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| Synonyms: | anterior linear nucleus, RLi, rostral linear nucleus of the raphe |
| Definition: | Nucleus of the medial ventral tegmental area, originally identified in the rat but also in cat, monkey and human, comprising an average of 7% volume of the VTA across the different species, with the largest being present in the cat. |
| Ontology: | Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0013734] |