BrainRegionLPC HT FCM
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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
- Quality: L0
- Brain area: Lower Brain - Peripheral Control Area (LPC)
- Area circuit: Control Face Muscles (MF)
- Role: flexor.nucleus
- Function: Control of face
- Notes to function:
- Pons
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Components
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- no child items defined
Connectivity
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Inbound Region Connections:
| Source Area | Source Region | Source Name | Type | Role | Reference |
| LRC | LRC.HL.TGS.PA5 | Paratrigeminal Nucleus | excitatory-glu | uncertain | (unknown reference) |
| LRC.HT.PRF.CRF | Caudal Pontine Reticular Nucleus | excitatory-glu | uncertain | Vocal Control (RF -> MotorVII, abstract) | |
| LRC.HT.PRF.PVR | Parvocellular Reticular Nucleus | excitatory-glu | uncertain | Vocal Control (RF -> MotorVII, abstract) |
Outbound Region Connections:
| Target Area | Target Region | Target Name | Type | Role | Reference |
| LPC | LPC.HT.ABD | Abducens Nucleus | excitatory-glu | uncertain | Eye blink reflex and pupillary light reflex (Facial -> Abducens) |
| TEA | TARGET.TEA.FACE | Face | depressor-anguli-oris-muscle | (none) | (unknown reference) |
| TARGET.TEA.FEEDER | Mouth feeder | buccinator-muscle | (none) | (unknown reference) | |
| TSA | TARGET.TSA.EAR | Ear | ear-anterior-auricular-muscle | (none) | (unknown reference) |
| TARGET.TSA.EYE | Eye | eye-muscle-close-conscious-lacrimal | (none) | (unknown reference) | |
| TARGET.TSA.NOSE | Nose | nose-depressor-septi-nasi | (none) | (unknown reference) |
Thirdparty Circuits
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- Eye blink reflex and pupillary light reflex - see Reference (CP.SACCADIC-MOTOR-CONTROL)
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 (see Reflexes Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon) 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 (see Reflexes Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon) VAC=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (see Occipital Lobe)
- Vocal Control - see Reference (CM.VOCAL-CONTROL)
A1=Primary Auditory Cortex,NSA.NC.TTG.A1 Broca=Broca's Area,NPE.NC.PFC.BRA (see Lateral Prefrontal Cortex) 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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