Tags: Anatomical Structure, Brain.

The pontine tegmentum is a part of the pons of the brain involved in the initiation of REM sleep. It includes the pedunculopontine nucleus and the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus among others and is located near the raphe nucleus and the locus ceruleus.The trapezoid body involved in binaural hearing is part of the pontine tegmentum.

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