title: Reticular nucleus
text: # Reticular nucleus
  
  Reticular nucleus may refer to:
  
  * Caudal pontine reticular nucleus
  * Gigantocellular reticular nucleus, a nucleus that innervates the caudal hypoglossal nucleus, and responds to glutamateric stimuli.
  * Lateral reticular nucleus
  * Oral pontine reticular nucleus
  * Paramedian reticular nucleus, a nucleus that mediate the horizontal eye movements on their ipsilateral sides
  * Parvocellular reticular nucleus, part of the brain located dorsolateral to the caudal pontine reticular nucleus
  * Tegmental pontine reticular nucleus, an area within the floor of the midbrain
  * Thalamic reticular nucleus, part of the ventral thalamus that forms a capsule around the thalamus laterally
  * Ventral reticular nucleus, a continuation of the parvocellular nucleus in the brainstem
  