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Chapter 10 - Measuring Inhibition at the EW Nucleus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2024

Merlin D. Larson
Merlin D. Larson
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University of California, San Francisco
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The brain stem center that controls the pupillary light reflex is activated by light. This center is called the Edinger-Westphal (EW) nucleus, and it has excitatory synaptic input from the pretectal nucleus. The EW nucleus also receives inhibitory input that depresses activity in those neurons and dilates the pupil. The inhibitory influences projecting to the EW nucleus are discussed in this chapter

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A Practical Guide to Portable Pupillometry , pp. 77 - 92
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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