part of part of in taxon Eutheria pretectal region olivary pretectal nucleus nucleus of posterior commissure nucleus of optic tract neuronames:470 nucleus magnocellularis tractus optici nucleus tractus optici UBERON:0002996 BAMS:NOT HBA:9080 large-celled nucleus of optic tract nucleus of the optic tract MBA:628 Predominantly gray matter structure consisting of large multipoloar cells lying aong axons of the brachium of the superior colliculus, lyaing adjaent to the dorsal terminal nucleus of the accessory optic system. In several species, cells of this nucleus receive input from the contralateral retina (Sefton and Dreher in Paxinos, G. The rat nervous system, 1995, pg. 862). UMLS:C0175356 lentiform nucleus of pretectal area BAMS:OTN FMA:72403 optic tract nucleus BIRNLEX:868 posterior pretectal nucleus nucleus of midbrain tectum pretectal nucleus