The nucleus of Darkschwitsch in Pantodactylus schreiberii Wiegmann (Lacertilia, Reptilia).
The nuclear mass considered the representative of the nucleus of Darkschwitsch in reptiles in studied. It is composed of small, stellate, pyriform or rounded cells, with two or three dendritic trunks resolved in a plexus near the cellular body. Its axons take an ascending direction to the posterior commissure, and not to be medial longitudinal fasciculus as has been conventionally described.
D000818:Animals; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000166:cytology; D012104:Reptiles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013681:Tegmentum Mesencephali / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000166:cytology