Abstract
The MTN of the adult cat is a marginal column of cells about 7 mm long running on each side in the rostral pons and the whole rostrocaudal length of the midbrain. The majority of MTN neurons are deeply embedded within the caudal part of the nucleus, most often lying in clusters of two to nine cells, in the triangle between the locus coeruleus (LC) and the medial parabrachial nucleus (MPB) (Fig. 1) Rostrally, a small number of dispersed cells is arranged as a long, thin, curved lamina in the mesencephalic tectum at the lateral edge of the periaqueductal gray (PAG) (Fig. 2).
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Lazarov, N.E. (2000). Results. In: The Mesencephalic Trigeminal Nucleus in the Cat. Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 153. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57176-3_3
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