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Functional Anatomy of the Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus

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Brain-Stem Localization and Function

Abstract

The trigeminal nerve (nV) conveys general somatic afferent exteroceptive input from the skin of the face and the frontal parts of the head, the mucous membranes of the oral cavity, tongue and nose, the tooth pulp, eye and meninges via the trigeminal (Gasserian) ganglion to the nuclei of termination [28]. Somatosensory input reaches the principal sensory nucleus of the nV and the spinal trigeminal nucleus of the nV (STN). Proprioceptive input from masticatory muscles innervated by trigeminal motor efferents is transferred to the nV mesencephalic nucleus.

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  1. Institut für Physiologische Chemie und Pathobiochemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Duesbergweg 6, 55128, Mainz, Germany

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  1. Department of Neurology New England Medical Center, Tufts University, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA, 02111, USA

    Louis R. Caplan

  2. Neurologische Klinik, Universität Mainz, Langenbeckstraße 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany

    Hanns Christian Hopf

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Schröder, H. (1993). Functional Anatomy of the Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus. In: Caplan, L.R., Hopf, H.C. (eds) Brain-Stem Localization and Function. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78172-8_19

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