mesopontine
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mesopontine (uncountable)
- (anatomy) An area of tissue at the junction of the mesencephalon and the pons.
- 2019, Ralph Lydic, Handbook of Behavioral State Control: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms:
- The mesopontine tegmentum contains cholinergic neurons that project widely to the forebrain and brainstem.