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.HL.TGS.STR	Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus	excitatory-glu	Eye blink reflex and pupillary light reflex (SpinalTrigeminal -> Oculomotor)
	LPC.HT.ABD	Abducens Nucleus	excitatory-glu	Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) (Abducens -> Oculomotor)
	LPC.HT.MVBN	Medial Vestibular Nucleus	excitatory-glu	(unknown reference)
	LPC.HT.SVBN	Superior Vestibular Nuclei	excitatory-glu	(unknown reference)
LRC	LRC.HT.PRF.RPO	Oral Pontine Reticular Nucleus	excitatory-glu	Global visual system (RF -> OPN, abstract)
	LRC.MM.CJ	Cajal Nucleus	excitatory-glu	Eye 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	Eye blink reflex and pupillary light reflex (SupraOculomotor -> Oculomotor, abstract)
	LRC.MM.SC.DEEP	Deep Superior Colliculus	excitatory-glu	Retina 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	Eye blink reflex and pupillary light reflex (Oculomotor -> EYE)

Thirdparty Circuits

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• Eye blink reflex and pupillary light reflex - see Reference

• Extraocular eye muscles - see Reference

• Vision Components - see Reference

• Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) - see Reference

• Retina and superior colliculus targets - see Reference

• Global visual system - see Reference

References

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• http://neuroscience.uth.tmc.edu/s3/chapter07.html
• http://what-when-how.com/neuroscience/the-cranial-nerves-organization-of-the-central-nervous-system-part-4
• 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