Term Name: brain nucleus
Synonyms: brain nuclei
Definition: Portion of tissue that are compact accumulations of neurons having roughly similar connections and functions.
Appears at: Unknown
Evident until: Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005575]

Relationships
is part of: brain
is a type of: portion of tissue
has subtype: diencephalic nucleus dorsal habenular nucleus griseum tectale hindbrain nucleus midbrain nucleus superior reticular formation medial column superior reticular formation tegmentum telencephalic nucleus ventral habenular nucleus ventro-caudal cluster ventro-rostral cluster

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