part of part of overlaps overlaps adjacent to adjacent to brain midbrain diencephalon pretectal region BAMS:PRT BIRNLEX:703 TAO:0000418 NLX:59721 BAMS:PTc pretectal nuclei Wikipedia:Pretectal_area FMA:62402 DHBA:12181 Wikipedia:Pretectum MA:0001062 HBA:9079 EMAPA:32778 pretectal area DMBA:16510 BM:MB-Tec-PT MBA:1100 Nuclear complex between dorsal thalamus and optic tectum whose nuclei receive afferents primarily from the retina and the optic tectum and are involved in modulating motor behavior in response to visual input. ZFA:0000418 SCTID:416333003 XAO:0004303 UBERON:0001944 pretectum BAMS:PTec brain gray matter dorsal thalamus nuclear complex of neuraxis