Perlia's nucleus
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Perlia's nucleus, also known as nucleus of Perlia, located in the mesencephalon and between the right and left oculomotor nuclei, is implicated in parasympathetic oculomotor functions, possibly including input to the iris and ciliary.[1][2] Perlia's nucleus is believed to be a characteristic found exclusively in animals capable of binocular vision. Moreover, it might be an exclusive characteristic of humans, as indicated by a systematic study of monkey brains, where only 9% exhibited a clear midline group, potentially corresponding to the NP.[3]
In 1891, Perlia's nucleus was identified as a central mediator for the convergent movement of the eyes based on clinical findings in ophthalmospegias.[4]
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- ^ Waitzman, David M.; Oliver, Douglas L. (2002-01-01), "Midbrain", in Ramachandran, V. S. (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Human Brain, New York: Academic Press, pp. 43–68, ISBN 978-0-12-227210-3, retrieved 2023-09-08
- ^ "NEUROANATOMY I. - Structures of the CNS". www.nan.upol.cz. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
- ^ Kozicz, Tamás; Bittencourt, Jackson C.; May, Paul J.; Reiner, Anton; Gamlin, Paul D. R.; Palkovits, Miklós; Horn, Anja K.E.; Toledo, Claudio A. B.; Ryabinin, Andrey E. (2011-06-01). "The Edinger-Westphal nucleus: A historical, structural, and functional perspective on a dichotomous terminology". The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 519 (8): 1413–1434. doi:10.1002/cne.22580. ISSN 0021-9967. PMC 3675228. PMID 21452224.
- ^ Warwick, Roger (1955). "THE SO-CALLED NUCLEUS OF CONVERGENCE". Brain. 78 (1): 92–114. doi:10.1093/brain/78.1.92. ISSN 0006-8950.
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