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<pre style="color: green">Abducens Nucleus</pre>
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This page covers biological details of component Abducens Nucleus.
Region is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

* '''Top-down path to region''': Hindbrain Metencephalon -> [[BrainCenterHT_MN|Metencephalic Motor Nuclei]] (HT.MN) -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HT_ABD|Abducens Nucleus]] (LPC.HT.ABD) (see [[OverallMindMaps|Mind Maps]])
* '''Type''': nucleus
* '''Quality''': L0
* '''Brain area''': [[BrainAreaLPC|Lower Brain - Peripheral Control Area]] (LPC)
* '''Area circuit''': Vision Motor (AVM)
* '''Role''': flexor.nucleus
* '''Function''': Conjugated movements of both eyes
* '''Notes to function''': 
** Motoneurons - to muscle, interneurons - to OCN
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= Components =
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= Connectivity =
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http://ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/dot/LPC.HT.ABD.dot.png

'''Inbound Region Connections:'''

{| class=wikitable width=80%
| '''Source Area''' || '''Source Region''' || '''Source Name''' || '''Type''' || '''Reference'''
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| [[BrainAreaLPC|LPC]] || [[BrainRegionLPC_HT_FCM|LPC.HT.FCM]] || Facial Motor Nucleus || excitatory-glu || [http://neuroscience.uth.tmc.edu/s3/chapter07.html Eye blink reflex and pupillary light reflex (Facial -> Abducens)]
|-
|  || [[BrainRegionLPC_HT_MVBN|LPC.HT.MVBN]] || Medial Vestibular Nucleus || excitatory-glu || (unknown reference)
|-
| [[BrainAreaLRC|LRC]] || [[BrainRegionLRC_HT_PRF_RPO|LRC.HT.PRF.RPO]] || Oral Pontine Reticular Nucleus || excitatory-glu || [http://www.neuroanatomy.wisc.edu/virtualbrain/BrainStem/13VNAN.html Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) (PPRF -> Abducens, abstract)]
|-
|  || [[BrainRegionLRC_MM_SC_DEEP|LRC.MM.SC.DEEP]] || Deep Superior Colliculus || excitatory-glu || [http://unifiedtao-en.blogspot.ru/2011/03/what-we-see-of-tao.html Retina and superior colliculus targets (SC -> Abducens, abstract)]
|}

'''Outbound Region Connections:'''

{| class=wikitable width=80%
| '''Target Area''' || '''Target Region''' || '''Target Name''' || '''Type''' || '''Reference'''
|-
| [[BrainAreaLPC|LPC]] || [[BrainRegionLPC_MM_OCN|LPC.MM.OCN]] || Oculomotor Nucleus || excitatory-glu || [http://www.neuroanatomy.wisc.edu/virtualbrain/BrainStem/13VNAN.html Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) (Abducens -> Oculomotor)]
|-
| [[BrainAreaTSA|TSA]] || [[BrainRegionTARGET_TSA_EYE|TARGET.TSA.EYE]] || Eye || eye-muscle-rotate-vestibular || [http://neuroscience.uth.tmc.edu/s3/chapter07.html Eye blink reflex and pupillary light reflex (Abducens -> EYE)]
|}

= Thirdparty Circuits =
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* [http://what-when-how.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/tmp15F38_thumb.jpg Extraocular eye muscles] - see [http://what-when-how.com/neuroscience/the-cranial-nerves-organization-of-the-central-nervous-system-part-4 Reference] (CX.EYE-EXTRAOCULAR-MUSCLES)

 ABD=[[BrainRegionLPC_HT_ABD|Abducens Nucleus,LPC.HT.ABD]]
 EYE=[[BrainRegionTARGET_TSA_EYE|Eye,TARGET.TSA.EYE]]
 OCN=[[BrainRegionLPC_MM_OCN|Oculomotor Nucleus,LPC.MM.OCN]]
 TRC=[[BrainRegionLPC_MM_TRH|Trochlear Nucleus,LPC.MM.TRH]]
<img src="http://ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/ext/28b978f291b0306f8db2e1f3c7bfaf69.jpg" alt=alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;" height=400 width=400>

* [http://www.neuroanatomy.wisc.edu/virtualbrain/Images/13R.jpg Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR)] - see [http://www.neuroanatomy.wisc.edu/virtualbrain/BrainStem/13VNAN.html Reference] (CP.VESTIBULO-OCULAR-REFLEX)

 Abducens=[[BrainRegionLPC_HT_ABD|Abducens Nucleus,LPC.HT.ABD]]
 FEF=Frontal Eye Field,NMA.NC.PMC.FEF (see [[BrainCenterNC_PMC|Premotor Cortex]])
 Oculomotor=[[BrainRegionLPC_MM_OCN|Oculomotor Nucleus,LPC.MM.OCN]]
 PPRF=Paramedian Pontine Reticular Formation,HT.PRF.PPRF (see [[BrainCenterHT_RF|Pontine Reticular Formation]])
 VestibularGanglion=[[BrainCenterLPC_PN_SG_VB|Vestibular Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.VB]]
 VestibularNuclei=[[BrainRegionLPC_HT_IVBN|Inferior Vestibular Nuclei,LPC.HT.IVBN]]
<img src="http://ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/ext/c6c3159e2ee23b093b79c4f69c99a61a.jpg" alt=alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">

* [http://usvn.ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/wiki/research/biomodel/oculomotor.jpg Eye blink reflex and pupillary light reflex] - see [http://neuroscience.uth.tmc.edu/s3/chapter07.html Reference] (CP.SACCADIC-MOTOR-CONTROL)

 Abducens=[[BrainRegionLPC_HT_ABD|Abducens Nucleus,LPC.HT.ABD]]
 Ciliary=[[BrainRegionLAC_PN_PSYM_CLG|Ciliary Ganglion,LAC.PN.PSYM.CLG]]
 EWN=[[BrainRegionLAC_MM_EWN|Edinger-Westphal Nucleus,LAC.MM.EWN]]
 EYE=[[BrainRegionTARGET_TSA_EYE|Eye,TARGET.TSA.EYE]]
 Facial=[[BrainRegionLPC_HT_FCM|Facial Motor Nucleus,LPC.HT.FCM]]
 Oculomotor=[[BrainRegionLPC_MM_OCN|Oculomotor Nucleus,LPC.MM.OCN]]
 Pretectum=Pretectum,MM.PT (see [[BrainCenterMM_REF|Reflexes Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon]])
 PrincipalTrigeminal=[[BrainRegionLPC_HT_PN_PTR|Principal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HT.PN.PTR]]
 RF=[[BrainCenterHT_RF|Pontine Reticular Formation,HT.RF]]
 SpinalTrigeminal=[[BrainRegionLPC_HL_TGS_STR|Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HL.TGS.STR]]
 SupraOculomotor=Supraoculomotor Area,VBA.MM.SOA (see [[BrainCenterMM_REF|Reflexes Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon]])
 VAC=Associative Visual Cortex,NPE.NC.OCC.V3 (see [[BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC|Occipital Lobe]])
<img src="http://ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/ext/5fa88e17ecb33cc14ac9fd42f88cea9f.jpg" alt=alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">

* [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mjoruMnWeaU/TVp_YcF7meI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/8oZIVJrZVnw/s1600/Gray722.png Retina and superior colliculus targets] - see [http://unifiedtao-en.blogspot.ru/2011/03/what-we-see-of-tao.html Reference] (CP.RETINA-SUPERIOR-COLLICULUS)

 Abducens=[[BrainRegionLPC_HT_ABD|Abducens Nucleus,LPC.HT.ABD]]
 LGB=[[BrainRegionNSA_FD_LGN|Lateral Geniculate Nucleus,NSA.FD.LGN]]
 OCC=[[BrainCenterNC_LOBE_OCC|Occipital Lobe,NC.LOBE.OCC]]
 Oculomotor=[[BrainRegionLPC_MM_OCN|Oculomotor Nucleus,LPC.MM.OCN]]
 Pulvinar=Pulvinar,FD.PV (see [[BrainCenterFD_TH_SR|Sensory Thalamus]])
 Retina=[[BrainRegionLPC_FD_RT|Retinal Nucleus,LPC.FD.RT]]
 SC=Superior Colliculus,MM.SC (see [[BrainCenterMM_REF|Reflexes Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon]])
 Trochlear=[[BrainRegionLPC_MM_TRH|Trochlear Nucleus,LPC.MM.TRH]]
<img src="http://ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/ext/1e47f3d4848f280932c3d1141f94c3fb.png" alt=alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">


= References =
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* 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://neuroscience.uth.tmc.edu/s3/chapter07.html
* http://unifiedtao-en.blogspot.ru/2011/03/what-we-see-of-tao.html