part of part of lateral parabrachial nucleus UMLS:C0175445 neuronames:588 BIRNLEX:897 Wikipedia:Lateral_parabrachial_nucleus HBA:9145 UBERON:0003007 nucleus parabrachialis lateralis DMBA:16852 DHBA:12482 BAMS:LPB parabrachial nucleus, lateral division The lateral parabrachial nucleus induces thirst by stimulating the median preoptic nucleus. It gets its name from its location relative to the superior cerebellar peduncles, which is also known as the 'brachia conjunctiva'. [WP,unvetted]. MBA:881 FMA:72481 pontine tegmentum parabrachial nucleus