BrainRegionLPC MM OCN

Oculomotor Nucleus

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This page covers biological details of component Oculomotor Nucleus. Region is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

• Top-down path to region: Midbrain Mesencephalon -> Perhipheral Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon (MM.PER) -> Oculomotor Nucleus (LPC.MM.OCN) (see Mind Maps)
• Type: nucleus
• Brain area: Lower Brain - Peripheral Control Area
• Role: relay
• Function: Change Eye Direction
• Notes to function: Muscle nucleus

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Components

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• Component items*:
• Anterior Median Oculomotor Nucleus
• Central Oculomotor Nucleus
• Caudal Central Oculomotor Nucleus
• Dorsal Oculomotor Nucleus
• Intermediate Oculomotor Nucleus
• Medial Oculomotor Nucleus
• Ventral Oculomotor Nucleus

Connectivity

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• Inbound Region Connections:*

|| Source Area || Source Region || Source Name || Type || Reference || || LPC || LPC.HM.TGM.STR || Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus || excitatory-glu || [blink reflex and pupillary light reflex (SpinalTrigeminal -> Oculomotor)] || || || LPC.HP.ABD || Abducens Nucleus || excitatory-glu || [reflex (VOR) (Abducens -> Oculomotor)] || || || LPC.HP.MVBN || Medial Vestibular Nucleus || excitatory-glu || (unknown reference) || || || LPC.HP.SVBN || Superior Vestibular Nuclei || excitatory-glu || (unknown reference) || || LRC || LRC.HP.PRF.RPO || Oral Pontine Reticular Nucleus || excitatory-glu || [visual system (RF -> OPN, abstract)] || || || LRC.MM.CJ || Cajal Nucleus || excitatory-glu || [blink reflex and pupillary light reflex (SupraOculomotor -> Oculomotor, abstract)] || || || LRC.MM.PT.SL || Sublentiform Nucleus || excitatory-glu || (unknown reference) || || || LRC.MM.RIMLF || Rostral Interstitial Nucleus of MLF || excitatory-glu || [blink reflex and pupillary light reflex (SupraOculomotor -> Oculomotor, abstract)] || || || LRC.MM.SC.DEEP || Deep Superior Colliculus || excitatory-glu || [and superior colliculus targets (SC -> Oculomotor, abstract)] ||

• Outbound Region Connections:*

|| Target Area || Target Region || Target Name || Type || Reference || || TSA || TARGET.TSA.EYE || Eye || eye-muscle-rotate-major-inferior-oblique || [blink reflex and pupillary light reflex (Oculomotor -> EYE)] ||

Thirdparty Circuits

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• [eye muscles] - see [[1]]

• [Components] - see [[2]]

• [reflex (VOR)] - see [[3]]

• [blink reflex and pupillary light reflex] - see [[4]]

• [and superior colliculus targets] - see [[5]]

• [visual system] - see [[6]]

References

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• http://what-when-how.com/neuroscience/the-cranial-nerves-organization-of-the-central-nervous-system-part-4
• http://neuroscience.uth.tmc.edu/s3/chapter07.html
• http://www.neuroanatomy.wisc.edu/virtualbrain/BrainStem/13VNAN.html
• http://unifiedtao-en.blogspot.ru/2011/03/what-we-see-of-tao.html
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959438808001566