BrainRegionLPC HT ABD
Abducens Nucleus
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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 -> Metencephalic Motor Nuclei (HT.MN) -> Abducens Nucleus (LPC.HT.ABD) (see Mind Maps)
- Type: nucleus
- Brain area: Lower Brain - Peripheral Control Area
- 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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Inbound Region Connections:
| Source Area | Source Region | Source Name | Type | Reference |
| LPC | LPC.HT.FCM | Facial Motor Nucleus | excitatory-glu | Eye blink reflex and pupillary light reflex (Facial -> Abducens) |
| LPC.HT.MVBN | Medial Vestibular Nucleus | excitatory-glu | (unknown reference) | |
| LRC | LRC.HT.PRF.RPO | Oral Pontine Reticular Nucleus | excitatory-glu | Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) (PPRF -> Abducens, abstract) |
| LRC.MM.SC.DEEP | Deep Superior Colliculus | excitatory-glu | Retina and superior colliculus targets (SC -> Abducens, abstract) |
Outbound Region Connections:
| Target Area | Target Region | Target Name | Type | Reference |
| LPC | LPC.MM.OCN | Oculomotor Nucleus | excitatory-glu | Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) (Abducens -> Oculomotor) |
| TSA | TARGET.TSA.EYE | Eye | eye-muscle-rotate-vestibular | Eye blink reflex and pupillary light reflex (Abducens -> EYE) |
Thirdparty Circuits
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map: ABD=Abducens Nucleus,LPC.HT.ABD, EYE=Eye,TARGET.TSA.EYE, OCN=Oculomotor Nucleus,LPC.MM.OCN, TRC=Trochlear Nucleus,LPC.MM.TRH
map: Abducens=Abducens Nucleus,LPC.HT.ABD, FEF=Frontal Eye Field,NMA.NC.PMC.FEF (Caudal Frontal Eye Field (NPE.NC.PMC.CFEF), Anterior Frontal Eye Field (NPE.NC.PMC.AFEF)), Oculomotor=Oculomotor Nucleus,LPC.MM.OCN, PPRF=Paramedian Pontine Reticular Formation,HT.PRF.PPRF (Oral Pontine Reticular Nucleus (LRC.HT.PRF.RPO), Caudal Pontine Reticular Nucleus (LRC.HT.PRF.CRF), Parvocellular Reticular Nucleus (LRC.HT.PRF.PVR)), VestibularGanglion=Vestibular Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.VB, VestibularNuclei=Inferior Vestibular Nuclei,LPC.HT.IVBN
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))
map: Abducens=Abducens Nucleus,LPC.HT.ABD, LGB=Lateral Geniculate Nucleus,NSA.FD.LGN, OCC=Occipital Lobe,NC.LOBE.OCC, Oculomotor=Oculomotor Nucleus,LPC.MM.OCN, Pulvinar=Pulvinar,FD.PV (Inferior Pulvinar (NSA.FD.TH.IPV), Lateral Pulvinar (NSA.FD.TH.LPV), Medial Pulvinar (NPE.FD.TH.MPV), Oral Pulvinar (NPE.FD.TH.OPV)), Retina=Retinal Nucleus,LPC.FD.RT, SC=Superior Colliculus,MM.SC (Superficial Superior Colliculus (LRC.MM.SC.SUP), Intermediate Superior Colliculus (LRC.MM.SC.INT), Deep Superior Colliculus (LRC.MM.SC.DEEP)), Trochlear=Trochlear Nucleus,LPC.MM.TRH
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