The geniculate ganglion (from Latin genu, for "knee") is a bilaterally paired special sense ganglion of the intermediate nerve component of the facial...

(RHS) and also known as herpes zoster oticus, is inflammation of the geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve as a late consequence of varicella zoster virus...

nucleus, in hearing Geniculate ganglion, of the facial nerve This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Geniculate nucleus. If an internal...

In neuroanatomy, the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN; also called the lateral geniculate body or lateral geniculate complex) is a structure in the thalamus...

segment (internal auditory canal to geniculate ganglion) tympanic (or horizontal) segment (from geniculate ganglion to pyramidal eminence) mastoid (or...

retinal ganglion cells project to the magnocellular layers of the lateral geniculate nucleus. These cells are known as parasol retinal ganglion cells,...

the facial nerve at the geniculate ganglion. While preganglionic parasympathetic fibres pass through the geniculate ganglion, they neither synapse, nor...

signals sent along these nerves are altered and interpreted by the geniculate ganglion (a structure in the brain) as GN pain. GN may also develop following...

petrosal nerve as they exit the geniculate ganglion and subsequently synapse with neurons in the pterygopalatine ganglion. These postganglionic neurons...

trigeminal ganglion geniculate ganglion superior ganglion of the glossopharyngeal nerve inferior ganglion of the glossopharyngeal nerve superior ganglion of the...

ciliary ganglion pterygopalatine ganglion otic ganglion submandibular ganglion trigeminal ganglion (CN V) geniculate ganglion (CN VII) spiral ganglion (CN...

Hunt syndrome type 2 is the reactivation of herpes zoster in the geniculate ganglion. It is sometimes called herpes zoster oticus and has variable presentation...

photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs), also called photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (pRGC), or melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells (mRGCs)...

20, 2008). "Types of Taste Circuits Synaptically Linked to a Few Geniculate Ganglion Neurons". Journal of Comparative Neurology. 511 (6): 753–772. doi:10...

central nervous system. Just after the facial nerve geniculate ganglion (general sensory ganglion) in the temporal bone, the facial nerve gives off two...

ganglion cell axons and glial cells; it extends from the optic disc to the optic chiasma and continues as the optic tract to the lateral geniculate nucleus...

cause of facial nerve palsy. Reactivation of latent virus within the geniculate ganglion is associated with vesicles affecting the ear canal, and termed Ramsay...

groups of ganglion cells form the receptive fields of cells in the lateral geniculate nucleus. Receptive fields are similar to those of ganglion cells, with...

cranial nerve, more specifically via the submandibular ganglion, chorda tympani, and geniculate ganglion ascending to the solitary nucleus in the brainstem...

nerves VII, IX and X: The geniculate placode, associated with the first pharyngeal groove, generates the geniculate ganglion and distal parts of cranial...

mater called Meckel's cave. This ganglion contains only the sensory fibres of the trigeminal nerve. The geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve (VII), which...

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known as the lesser superficial petrosal nerve) from the geniculate ganglion to the otic ganglion Arise from the tympanic plexus reach the middle cranial...

optic nerve go to the lateral geniculate nucleus in the thalamus. These axons originate from the M, P, and K ganglion cells in the retina, see above...

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or zoster sine herpete. In Ramsay Hunt syndrome, VZV affects the geniculate ganglion giving lesions that follow specific branches of the facial nerve...

part of the facial nerve (CN VII). Within the facial canal at the geniculate ganglion the axons branch from the facial nerve forming the greater petrosal...

in image forming and the more newly discovered photosensitive ganglion cells. The ganglion cells give information about ambient light levels, and react...

Central arteries (or perforating or ganglionic arteries) of the brain are numerous small arteries branching from the Circle of Willis and adjacent arteries...

shown to give rise to the trigeminal ganglion, while r4 has been shown to give rise to the geniculate ganglion as well as spiral and Scarpa's ganglia...