#summary Metencephalic Motor Nuclei
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This page covers biological details of component group Metencephalic Motor Nuclei.
Component group is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

  * *Top-down path to center*: Hindbrain Metencephalon -> Metencephalic Motor Nuclei (HT.MN) (see [OverallMindMaps Mind Maps])
  * *Function*: 
(generated)
= Components =
(generated)


*Component items*:
  * [BrainRegionLPC_HT_FCM Facial Motor Nucleus] (LPC.HT.FCM): Control of face
  * [BrainRegionLPC_HT_TRM Trigeminal Motor Nucleus] (LPC.HT.TRM): Muscles of first branchial arch
  * [BrainRegionLPC_HT_ABD Abducens Nucleus] (LPC.HT.ABD): Conjugated movements of both eyes
  * [BrainRegionLAC_HT_BR Barrington's Nucleus] (LAC.HT.BR): Supraspinal regulation of urination
  * [BrainRegionLRC_HT_KFN Kolliker-Fuse Nucleus] (LRC.HT.KFN): Control of protruder tongue muscles contraction to maintain respiration
  * [BrainRegionLRC_HT_NSC Nucleus Subceruleus] (LRC.HT.NSC): Tongue control

= Connectivity =
(generated)


*Internal Regions Connections:*

<img src="http://ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/dot/CENTER.HT.MN_internals.dot.png" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">


|| *Source Region* || *Target Region* || *Reference* ||
|| [BrainRegionLPC_HT_FCM Facial Motor Nucleus] (LPC.HT.FCM) || [BrainRegionLPC_HT_ABD Abducens Nucleus] (LPC.HT.ABD) || [http://neuroscience.uth.tmc.edu/s3/chapter07.html Eye blink reflex and pupillary light reflex (Facial -> Abducens)] ||

*External Connections:*

<img src="http://ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/dot/CENTER.HT.MN_externals.dot.png" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">

*External Inbound Center Connections:*

|| *Source Center* || *Sample Link* || *Reference* ||
|| [BrainCenterAVA_SC_CC Central canal] (AVA.SC.CC) || [BrainRegionLAC_SC_CC_DCN LAC.SC.CC.DCN] -> [BrainRegionLAC_HT_BR LAC.HT.BR]||(unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainCenterHL_SN Myelencephalic Sensory Nuclei] (HL.SN) || [BrainRegionLRC_HL_TGS_PA5 LRC.HL.TGS.PA5] -> [BrainRegionLPC_HT_FCM LPC.HT.FCM]||(unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainCenterHT_RF Pontine Reticular Formation] (HT.RF) || [BrainRegionLRC_HT_PRF_RPO LRC.HT.PRF.RPO] -> [BrainRegionLPC_HT_ABD LPC.HT.ABD]||[http://www.neuroanatomy.wisc.edu/virtualbrain/BrainStem/13VNAN.html Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) (PPRF -> Abducens, abstract)] ||
|| [BrainRegionLMC_MM_PAG Periaqueductal Gray Matter] (LMC.MM.PAG) || [BrainRegionLMC_MM_PAG LMC.MM.PAG] -> [BrainRegionLAC_HT_BR LAC.HT.BR]||[http://jp.physoc.org/content/557/1/287/F9.expansion.html Schematic overview of spinobulbospinal micturition reflex pathway (PAG -> BAR)] ||
|| [BrainCenterLPC_HT_VBN Vestibular Nuclei] (LPC.HT.VBN) || [BrainRegionLPC_HT_MVBN LPC.HT.MVBN] -> [BrainRegionLPC_HT_ABD LPC.HT.ABD]||(unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainCenterMM_PER Perhipheral Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon] (MM.PER) || [BrainRegionLPC_MM_MSTR LPC.MM.MSTR] -> [BrainRegionLPC_HT_TRM LPC.HT.TRM]||(unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainCenterMM_REF Reflexes Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon] (MM.REF) || [BrainRegionLRC_MM_SC_DEEP LRC.MM.SC.DEEP] -> [BrainRegionLPC_HT_ABD LPC.HT.ABD]||[http://unifiedtao-en.blogspot.ru/2011/03/what-we-see-of-tao.html Retina and superior colliculus targets (SC -> Abducens, abstract)] ||
|| [BrainCenterMM_RF Mesencephalic Reticular Formation] (MM.RF) || [BrainRegionLRC_MM_CNF LRC.MM.CNF] -> [BrainRegionLRC_HT_KFN LRC.HT.KFN]||(unknown reference) ||

*External Outbound Center Connections:*

|| *Target Center* || *Sample Link* || *Reference* ||
|| [BrainCenterFMM_FT_HF Hippocampal Formation] (FMM.FT.HF) || [BrainRegionLRC_HT_NSC LRC.HT.NSC] -> [BrainRegionFMM_FT_HC_DG FMM.FT.HC.DG]||(unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainCenterHL_MN Myelencephalic Motor Nuclei] (HL.MN) || [BrainRegionLRC_HT_KFN LRC.HT.KFN] -> [BrainRegionLPC_HL_HYG LPC.HL.HYG]||(unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainCenterMM_PER Perhipheral Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon] (MM.PER) || [BrainRegionLPC_HT_ABD LPC.HT.ABD] -> [BrainRegionLPC_MM_OCN LPC.MM.OCN]||[http://www.neuroanatomy.wisc.edu/virtualbrain/BrainStem/13VNAN.html Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) (Abducens -> Oculomotor)] ||
|| [BrainCenterSC_IZ Intermediate Zone] (SC.IZ) || [BrainRegionLAC_HT_BR LAC.HT.BR] -> [BrainRegionLAC_SC_IZ_IML LAC.SC.IZ.IML]||(unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainCenterSC_VH Anterior/Ventral Horn] (SC.VH) || [BrainRegionLAC_HT_BR LAC.HT.BR] -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_VH_ONF LPC.SC.VH.ONF]||[http://jp.physoc.org/content/557/1/287/F9.expansion.html Schematic overview of spinobulbospinal micturition reflex pathway (BAR -> ONF)] ||
|| [BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_FACE Face] (TARGET.TEA.FACE) || [BrainRegionLPC_HT_FCM LPC.HT.FCM] -> [BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_FACE TARGET.TEA.FACE]||(unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_FEEDER Mouth feeder] (TARGET.TEA.FEEDER) || [BrainRegionLPC_HT_FCM LPC.HT.FCM] -> [BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_FEEDER TARGET.TEA.FEEDER]||(unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainRegionTARGET_TSA_EAR Ear] (TARGET.TSA.EAR) || [BrainRegionLPC_HT_FCM LPC.HT.FCM] -> [BrainRegionTARGET_TSA_EAR TARGET.TSA.EAR]||(unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainRegionTARGET_TSA_EYE Eye] (TARGET.TSA.EYE) || [BrainRegionLPC_HT_ABD LPC.HT.ABD] -> [BrainRegionTARGET_TSA_EYE TARGET.TSA.EYE]||[http://neuroscience.uth.tmc.edu/s3/chapter07.html Eye blink reflex and pupillary light reflex (Abducens -> EYE)] ||
|| [BrainRegionTARGET_TSA_NOSE Nose] (TARGET.TSA.NOSE) || [BrainRegionLPC_HT_FCM LPC.HT.FCM] -> [BrainRegionTARGET_TSA_NOSE TARGET.TSA.NOSE]||(unknown reference) ||