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Nucleus of the posterior commissure

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Nucleus of the posterior commissure
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LocationMidbrain
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The nucleus of the posterior commissure is one of the accessory oculomotor nuclei situated in the mesencephalon (midbrain) at its junction with the diencephalon.[1] It is involved in coordinating head-eye movements[2] (particularly vertical conjugate eye movements (gaze)[1][2]). It is situated near the oculomotor nucleus.[2] It is thought to receive afferents from the ipsilateral cerebellum.[3]

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  1. ^ a b Kiernan, John A.; Rajakumar, Nagalingam (2013). Barr's The Human Nervous System: An Anatomical Viewpoint (10th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-4511-7327-7.
  2. ^ a b c Patestas, Maria A.; Gartner, Leslie P. (2016). A Textbook of Neuroanatomy (2nd ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 321–322. ISBN 978-1-118-67746-9.
  3. ^ Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York: Elsevier. p. 455. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.