Dorsal cochlear nucleus

Dorsal cochlear nucleus
Dorsal cochlear nucleus is #4, at upper left
Human caudal brainstem posterior view (Dorsal cochlear nucleus is #5)
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Identifiers
Latinnucleus cochlearis posterior
NeuroNames721
NeuroLex IDbirnlex_2569
TA98A14.1.04.248
TA26007
FMA54624
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN, also known as the "tuberculum acusticum") is a cortex-like structure on the dorso-lateral surface of the brainstem. Along with the ventral cochlear nucleus (VCN), it forms the cochlear nucleus (CN), where all auditory nerve fibers from the cochlea form their first synapses.


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