tegmental nuclei

These are also known as the tegmental nuclei.

The dorsal and ventral tegmental nuclei receive connections from the mammillo-tegmental bundle of Gudden, a branch of the mammillothalamic tract.

Mesulam, M-M, Geula, C., Bothwell, M.A.,Hersh, C.B.(1989) Human reticular formation: cholinergic neurons of the pedunculopontine and the lateral dorsal tegmental nuclei and some cytochemical comparisons to forebrain cholinergic neurons.