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    The facial motor nucleus is a collection of neurons in the brainstem that belong to the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII). These lower motor neurons innervate...
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  • The accessory facial motor nucleus is a small cluster of neurons dorsal to the facial motor nucleus in the pontine tegmentum. It has been reported for...
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    branches) The motor part of the facial nerve arises from the facial nerve nucleus in the pons, while the sensory and parasympathetic parts of the facial nerve...
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  • damage to upper motor neurons of the facial nerve. The facial motor nucleus has dorsal and ventral divisions that contain lower motor neurons supplying...
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    salivary nucleus (VII) Facial nucleus (VII) - motor Abducens nucleus (VI) - motor Trigeminal motor nucleus (V) - motor Main trigeminal nucleus (V) - sensory...
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    from the facial motor nucleus looping over the abducens nucleus. The facial colliculus is an essential landmark of the rhomboid fossa. The facial colliculus...
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    The solitary nucleus (SN) (nucleus of the solitary tract, nucleus solitarius, or nucleus tractus solitarii) is a series of neurons whose cell bodies form...
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  • percent. Third, a synapse occurs from the PnC axons to the motor neurons in the facial motor nucleus or the spinal cord that will directly or indirectly control...
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    Facial nerve paralysis is a common problem that involves the paralysis of any structures innervated by the facial nerve. The pathway of the facial nerve...
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    The facial motor nucleus and the superior salivary nucleus of the facial nerve are located within the pontine tegmentum. The facial motor nucleus serve...
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    The superior salivatory nucleus (or nucleus salivatorius superior) is a visceral motor cranial nerve nucleus of the facial nerve (CN VII). It is located...
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    Top expressed in facial motor nucleus motor neuron lumbar spinal ganglion anterior horn of spinal cord lactiferous gland trachea trigeminal ganglion embryo...
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    to the sulcus limitans. The abducens nucleus along with the internal genu of the facial nerve make up the facial colliculus, a hump at the caudal end...
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  • red nucleus (Tsukahara, Oda, and Notsu, 1981), the trigeminal nucleus and associated structures (Desmond & Moore, 1983), or the facial motor nucleus (Woody...
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    nerve nucleus: This is the third cranial nerve nucleus. Trochlear nerve nucleus: This is the fourth cranial nerve. Red nucleus: This is a motor nucleus that...
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    nucleus, or EWcp. The paired nuclei are posterior to the main motor nucleus (oculomotor nucleus) and anterolateral to the cerebral aqueduct in the rostral...
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  • FMN may refer to: Federated Mission Networking Facial motor nucleus Flavin mononucleotide Flour Mills of Nigeria, a Nigerian agribusiness company FMN (TV...
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    abducens nucleus is located in the pons, on the floor of the fourth ventricle, at the level of the facial colliculus. Axons from the facial nerve loop...
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    (by means of projecting to the motor nucleus of the trigeminal nerve). The axons of the neuron cell bodies of this nucleus provide sensory innervation to...
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  • modified red-light excitable channelrhodopsin (ReaChR) expressed in the facial motor nucleus enabled minimally invasive activation of motoneurons effective in...
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    from the tongue. The peripheral processes of mesencephalic nucleus of V neurons run in the motor root of the trigeminal nerve and terminate in the muscle...
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  • the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus and its surrounding area. Also, it projects to the facial nucleus, hypoglossal nucleus and parabrachial area along...
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    neuroblasts give rise to the abducens nucleus, which forms the general somatic efferent fibers (GSE); the facial and motor trigeminal nuclei, which form the...
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    inferior olivary nucleus (or 'complex'), which is a part of the olivo-cerebellar system and is mainly involved in cerebellar motor-learning and function...
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    the facial (CN VII), glossopharyngeal (CN IX), and vagus nerves (CN X) also convey pain information from their areas to the spinal trigeminal nucleus. Thus...
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    Top expressed in gastrula blood decidua embryo right ventricle tibiofemoral joint right lung facial motor nucleus lymph node spleen...
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    pontine nucleus of the trigeminal nerve sensory nucleus (V) Motor nucleus for the trigeminal nerve (V) Abducens nucleus (VI) Facial nerve nucleus (VII)...
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    theory is that accumulation of RNA that carry the expanded repeat in the nucleus and cytoplasm becomes toxic due to sequestration of RNA binding proteins...
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  • flexion: Primary motor cortex → Genu of internal capsule → Corticobulbar tract → Facial motor nucleusFacial muscles flexion: Red nucleus → Rubrospinal...
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    information directly to the area of the brain called the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), also known as the central "body clock", in mammals. Melanopsin plays...
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