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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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    namely the solitary tract nucleus. More lateral, but also less posterior, are the general somatic afferent nuclei. This is the trigeminal nucleus. Back at...
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    medial parabrachial nucleus is relays information from the taste area of the solitary nucleus to the ventral posteromedial nucleus of the thalamus. The...
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  • Thumbnail for Nucleus ambiguus
    also necessary to swallow properly through integration by the nucleus of the solitary tract. The vagus also supplies the upper part of the esophagus...
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    both to the solitary nucleus. The pneumotaxic center is located in the upper part of the pons. Its nuclei are the subparabrachial nucleus and the medial...
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  • level. These reflexes help regulate short-term blood pressure. The solitary nucleus in the medulla oblongata of the brain recognizes changes in the firing...
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  • Thumbnail for Medulla oblongata
    anterior spinal and posterior inferior cerebellar arteries, including the solitary nucleus and other sensory nuclei and fibers. Posterior spinal artery: This...
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    posterolateral region of the medulla oblongata. The solitary tract is surrounded by the solitary nucleus, and descends to the upper cervical segments of the...
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    sensation is sent to the gustatory portion (superior part) of the solitary nucleus. General sensation from the anterior two-thirds of tongue are supplied...
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    are relayed to the solitary nucleus, which uses frequency as a measure of blood pressure. Increased activation of the solitary nucleus inhibits the vasomotor...
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  • Thumbnail for Gustatory nucleus
    The gustatory nucleus is the rostral part of the solitary nucleus located in the medulla. The gustatory nucleus is associated with the sense of taste...
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    Arcuate nucleus Olivary body Inferior olivary nucleus Rostral ventrolateral medulla Caudal ventrolateral medulla Solitary nucleus (Nucleus of the solitary tract)...
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    cerebellar peduncle and descend in the solitary tract to synapse in the caudal solitary nucleus. From the solitary nucleus, connections are made with several...
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    heart The solitary nucleus – which receives afferent taste information and primary afferents from visceral organs The spinal trigeminal nucleus – which...
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  • Thumbnail for Inferior ganglion of glossopharyngeal nerve
    sensation synapse in the rostral portion of the solitary nucleus (also called the gustatory nucleus). The central processes of the neurons which provide...
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    the sensory nuclei of the brainstem including gracile nucleus, cuneate nucleus, solitary nucleus, and all trigeminal nuclei. Only 50% of the corticobulbar...
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    alar plate produces sensory neuroblasts, which will give rise to the solitary nucleus and its special visceral afferent (SVA) column; the cochlear and vestibular...
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    from the solitary nucleus. These synapse in the medial-most portion of the VPM (which is sometimes referred to as the accessory arcuate nucleus). Third-order...
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    lateral tegmentum (more specifically the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve and the solitary nucleus) is the source of several neural pathways in the...
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    ganglia synapse in the main sensory trigeminal nucleus, spinal trigeminal nucleus or solitary nucleus. While the vestibulocochlear nerve has two ganglia...
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  • nitroglycerin n/t numbness and tingling NTP Nortriptyline NTS nucleus tractus solitarii, or Solitary nucleus NTT nasotracheal tube (see intubation) NTX N-telopeptide...
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  • Thumbnail for Lingual papillae
    ganglion, chorda tympani, and geniculate ganglion ascending to the solitary nucleus in the brainstem. Foliate papillae are short vertical folds and are...
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  • Thumbnail for Inferior ganglion of vagus nerve
    the solitary nucleus (gustatory nucleus). The axons of the neurons which provide general sensory information synapse in the spinal trigeminal nucleus. The...
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  • Thumbnail for Carotid sinus
    carotid sinus centrally project to the solitary nucleus in the medulla of the brainstem. The solitary nucleus indirectly modulates the activity of sympathetic...
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  • Thumbnail for Recurrent laryngeal nerve
    in the solitary nucleus.: 86–88  Parasympathetic fibers to segments of the trachea and esophagus in the neck originate in the dorsal nucleus of the vagus...
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    tongue and passed along the facial and glossopharyngeal nerves into the solitary nucleus in the brainstem. Some taste information is also passed from the pharynx...
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  • Thumbnail for Geniculate ganglion
    fibres proceed to the gustatory (i.e. superior/rostral) part of the solitary nucleus where they synapse with second-order neurons. The geniculate ganglion...
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    along the spinothalamic pathway and through the projections of the solitary nucleus, that allow for the sensory processing and prediction of internal bodily...
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    Noradrenergic cell group A2 is located in a brainstem area called the solitary nucleus; these cells have been implicated in a variety of responses, including...
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  • Thumbnail for Lateral hypothalamus
    ventromedial medulla, rostral ventrolateral medulla, nucleus ambiguus, solitary nucleus, spinal trigeminal nucleus, pontine micturition center, ventral respiratory...
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