parafacial
adjEtymology From para- + facial.
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Relating to the area between the ptilinal fissure and the compound eye of insects.
- The substantia innominata of the BF is reported to project to the SWS-promoting parvicellular area of the reticular nucleus (also called the parafacial zone) [38 , 39 ].2015 July 8, “Silencing of Cholinergic Basal Forebrain Neurons Using Archaerhodopsin Prolongs Slow-Wave Sleep in Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
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Relating to the area adjacent to the facial motor nucleus, especially the retrotrapezoid nucleus.