Afferent and efferent components of the facial nerve in a frog,Rana pipiens |
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Authors: | Dr. Sherry L. Stuesse William L. R. Cruce |
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Affiliation: | (1) Neurobiology Program, Northeastern Ohio Universities, College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio, USA;(2) Neurobiology Program, Northeastern Ohio Universities, College of Medicine, 44272 Rootstown, Ohio, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary The seventh cranial nerve in Rana pipiens is a slender nerve with limited peripheral distribution. We investigated the afferent and efferent components of this nerve by labeling its major branch, the hyomandibular, with horseradish peroxidase. The efferent portion of the seventh nerve originates from a small cell group in the upper medulla which contains two subdivisions. Afferent fibers carried in nerve VII travel in the solitary tract and the dorsolateral funiculus. The solitary component consists of a small number of ascending fibers that reach the level of the trigeminal nucleus and a large descending component that terminates slightly caudal to the obex in the commissural nuclei of the solitary complex. Afferent fibers also descend in the dorsolateral funiculus; many of these fibers cross dorsal to the central canal in the lower medulla. Most of the fibers in the dorsolateral funiculus terminate in the ipsilateral and contralateral dorsal horns and in nuclei of the dorsal column. A few ipsilateral fibers reach lower thoracic levels of the spinal cord. |
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Keywords: | Central nervous system Brainstem Medulla oblongata Cranial nerves Rana pipiens Spinal cord |
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