Red nucleus

Red nucleus
Red nucleus
	Transverse section through the midbrain showing the location of the red nuclei. The superior colliculi are at the top of image and the cerebral peduncles at the bottom of image – both in section.
Details
Part of	Midbrain
Identifiers
Latin	nucleus ruber
MeSH	D012012
NeuroNames	505
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_1478
TA98	A14.1.06.323
TA2	5898
FMA	62407
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The red nucleus or nucleus ruber is a structure in the rostral midbrain involved in motor coordination.^[1] The red nucleus is pale pink, which is believed to be due to the presence of iron in at least two different forms: hemoglobin and ferritin.^[2]^[3] The structure is located in the tegmentum of the midbrain next to the substantia nigra and comprises caudal magnocellular and rostral parvocellular components.^[1] The red nucleus and substantia nigra are subcortical centers of the extrapyramidal motor system.

^ ^a ^b Cacciola, Alberto; Milardi, Demetrio; Basile, Gianpaolo Antonio; Bertino, Salvatore; Calamuneri, Alessandro; Chillemi, Gaetana; Paladina, Giuseppe; Impellizzeri, Federica; Trimarchi, Fabio; Anastasi, Giuseppe; Bramanti, Alessia; Rizzo, Giuseppina (2019-08-20). "The cortico-rubral and cerebello-rubral pathways are topographically organized within the human red nucleus". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 12117. Bibcode:2019NatSR...912117C. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-48164-7. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 6702172. PMID 31431648.
^ Wikipedia Red Nucleus Revision https://sites.google.com/site/childrenoftheamphioxus/table-of-contents/wikipedia-red-nucleus-revision
^ Drayer, B.; Burger, P.; Darwin, R.; Riederer, S.; Herfkens, R.; Johnson, G. A. (July 1986). "MRI of brain iron". AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology. 147 (1): 103–110. doi:10.2214/ajr.147.1.103. ISSN 0361-803X. PMID 3487201.