BrainRegionLPC HT FCM
Facial Motor Nucleus
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This page covers biological details of component Facial Motor Nucleus. Region is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.
- Top-down path to region: Hindbrain Metencephalon -> Metencephalic Motor Nuclei (HT.MN) -> Facial Motor Nucleus (LPC.HT.FCM) (see Mind Maps)
- Type: nucleus
- Brain area: Lower Brain - Peripheral Control Area
- Role: flexor.nucleus
- Function: Control of face
- Notes to function: Pons
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Components
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Connectivity
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Inbound Region Connections:
| Source Area | Source Region | Source Name | Type | Reference |
| LRC | LRC.HL.TGS.PA5 | Paratrigeminal Nucleus | excitatory-glu | (unknown reference) |
| LRC.HT.PRF.CRF | Caudal Pontine Reticular Nucleus | excitatory-glu | Vocal Control (RF -> MotorVII, abstract) | |
| LRC.HT.PRF.PVR | Parvocellular Reticular Nucleus | excitatory-glu | Vocal Control (RF -> MotorVII, abstract) |
Outbound Region Connections:
| Target Area | Target Region | Target Name | Type | Reference |
| LPC | LPC.HT.ABD | Abducens Nucleus | excitatory-glu | Eye blink reflex and pupillary light reflex (Facial -> Abducens) |
| TEA | TARGET.TEA.FACE | Face | depressor-anguli-oris-muscle | (unknown reference) |
| TARGET.TEA.FEEDER | Mouth feeder | buccinator-muscle | (unknown reference) | |
| TSA | TARGET.TSA.EAR | Ear | ear-anterior-auricular-muscle | (unknown reference) |
| TARGET.TSA.EYE | Eye | eye-muscle-close-conscious-lacrimal | (unknown reference) | |
| TARGET.TSA.NOSE | Nose | nose-depressor-septi-nasi | (unknown reference) |
Thirdparty Circuits
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map: Abducens=Abducens Nucleus,LPC.HT.ABD, Ciliary=Ciliary Ganglion,LAC.PN.PSYM.CLG, EWN=Edinger-Westphal Nucleus,LAC.MM.EWN, EYE=Eye,TARGET.TSA.EYE, Facial=Facial Motor Nucleus,LPC.HT.FCM, Oculomotor=Oculomotor Nucleus,LPC.MM.OCN, Pretectum=Pretectum,MM.PT (Anterior Pretectum Nucleus (LRC.MM.PT.PTA), Nucleus of Optic Tract (LRC.MM.PT.NOT), Pretectal Olivary Nucleus (LRC.MM.PT.PON), Principal Pretectal Nucleus (LRC.MM.PT.PR), Sublentiform Nucleus (LRC.MM.PT.SL)), PrincipalTrigeminal=Principal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HT.PN.PTR, RF=Pontine Reticular Formation,HT.RF, SpinalTrigeminal=Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HL.TGS.STR, SupraOculomotor=Supraoculomotor Area,VBA.MM.SOA (Cajal Nucleus (LRC.MM.CJ), Rostral Interstitial Nucleus of MLF (LRC.MM.RIMLF), Darkschewitsch Nucleus (LRC.MM.DSCH)), VAC=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (Dorsal Associative Visual Cortex (NPE.NC.OCC.V3D), Ventral Associative Visual Cortex (NPE.NC.OCC.V3V))
- Vocal Control - see Reference
map: A1=Primary Auditory Cortex,NSA.NC.TTG.A1, Broca=Broca's Area,NPE.NC.PFC.BRA (Broca's Area Pars Opercularis (NPE.NC.BRA.PO), Broca's Area Pars Triangularis (NPE.NC.BRA.PT)), M2=Supplementary Motor Cortex,NMA.NC.SMC, MotorV=Trigeminal Motor Nucleus,LPC.HT.TRM, MotorVII=Facial Motor Nucleus,LPC.HT.FCM, NucleusAmbiguus=Ambiguus Nucleus,LPC.HL.AMB, NucleusXII=Hypoglossal Motor Nucleus,LPC.HL.HYG, Premotor24=Ventral Anterior Cingulate Area,NDM.NC.AL.VACG, RF=Pontine Reticular Formation,HT.RF, Wernike=Wernicke's area A4,NSA.NC.STG.A4
References
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