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Descriptor English: Cochlear Nucleus
Descriptor Spanish: Núcleo Coclear
Descriptor núcleo coclear
Scope note: El núcleo del tallo cerebral que recibe aferencias centrales del nervio coclear. El núcleo coclear se encuentra en posición lateral y dorsolateral a los pedúnculos cerebelosos inferiores y está dividido funcionalmente en las porciones dorsal y ventral. Está organizado tonotópicamente, realiza la primera etapa del procesamiento central de la audición y se proyecta (directa o indirectamente) hacia áreas auditivas superiores incluyendo los núcleos olivares superiores, los geniculados mediales, los colículos inferiores y la corteza auditiva.
Descriptor Portuguese: Núcleo Coclear
Descriptor French: Noyau cochléaire
Entry term(s): Cochlear Nuclei
Nuclei, Cochlear
Nucleus, Cochlear
Tree number(s): A08.186.211.132.810.428.600.135
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017626
Scope note: The brain stem nucleus that receives the central input from the cochlear nerve. The cochlear nucleus is located lateral and dorsolateral to the inferior cerebellar peduncles and is functionally divided into dorsal and ventral parts. It is tonotopically organized, performs the first stage of central auditory processing, and projects (directly or indirectly) to higher auditory areas including the superior olivary nuclei, the medial geniculi, the inferior colliculi, and the auditory cortex.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Brain Stem (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
DeCS ID: 31554
Unique ID: D017626
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/06/18
Revision Date: 2015/06/22
Cochlear Nucleus - Preferred
Concept UI M0026693
Scope note The brain stem nucleus that receives the central input from the cochlear nerve. The cochlear nucleus is located lateral and dorsolateral to the inferior cerebellar peduncles and is functionally divided into dorsal and ventral parts. It is tonotopically organized, performs the first stage of central auditory processing, and projects (directly or indirectly) to higher auditory areas including the superior olivary nuclei, the medial geniculi, the inferior colliculi, and the auditory cortex.
Preferred term Cochlear Nucleus
Entry term(s) Cochlear Nuclei
Nuclei, Cochlear
Nucleus, Cochlear



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