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refers to a composite substructure of the pons that includes the pontine nuclei of the basal pons and the reticulotegmental nucleus of the pontine tegmentum. Its components are found in the human ( Carpenter-1983 ), the macaque ( Martin-2000 ), the rat ( Swanson-2004 ) and the mouse ( Hof-2000 ). Functionally it belongs to the postcerebellar and precerebellar nuclei of the behavior control column ( Swanson-2004 ).
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