rostral interstitial nucleus of medial longitudinal fasciculus

Term ID

UBERON:0002717

Synonyms

• nucleus interstitialis
• nucleus interstitialis rostralis
• RI
• riMLF
• rostral interstitial nucleus of the medial longitudinal fasciculus

Definition

The rostral interstitial nucleus of medial longitudinal fasciculus (riMLF) is a portion of the medial longitudinal fasciculus which controls vertical gaze. They project to the vestibular nuclei. [WP,unvetted]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostral_interstitial_nucleus_of_medial_longitudinal

References

• BAMS:RI
• HBA:9060
• MBA:1078
• UMLS:C0175403
• birnlex:1481
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=516
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostral_interstitial_nucleus_of_medial_longitudinal
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0175403

Ontology

Uberon Ontology