Reticular nuclei

Reticular nucleus may refer to:

• Caudal pontine reticular nucleus
• Gigantocellular reticular nucleus, a nucleus that innervates the caudal hypoglossal nucleus, and responds to glutamatergic stimuli.
• Lateral reticular nucleus
• Oral pontine reticular nucleus
• Paramedian reticular nucleus, a nucleus that mediate the horizontal eye movements on their ipsilateral sides
• Parvocellular reticular nucleus, part of the brain located dorsolateral to the caudal pontine reticular nucleus
• Reticulotegmental nucleus, an area within the floor of the midbrain
• Thalamic reticular nucleus, part of the ventral thalamus that forms a capsule around the thalamus laterally
• Ventral reticular nucleus, a continuation of the parvocellular nucleus in the brainstem