#summary Mesencephalic Trigeminal Nucleus
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This page covers biological details of component Mesencephalic Trigeminal Nucleus.
Region is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

  * *Top-down path to region*: Midbrain Mesencephalon -> [BrainCenterMM_PER Perhipheral Nuclei of Midbrain Mesencephalon] (MM.PER) -> [BrainRegionLPC_MM_MSTR Mesencephalic Trigeminal Nucleus] (LPC.MM.MSTR) (see [OverallMindMaps Mind Maps])
  * *Type*: sensory ganglion
  * *Quality*: L0
  * *Brain area*: [BrainAreaLPC Lower Brain - Peripheral Control Area] (LPC)
  * *Area circuit*: Sensory Face (SF)
  * *Role*: sensory.ganglion
  * *Function*: unconscious proprioception from muscle spindles; facial somatic sensations from muscles of mastication, monosynaptic masticatory reflex
  * *Comments*: sensory neurons of masticatory muscles, the teeth, the mandibular joint, the mandible, the maxilla and the intraocular muscles; most to motor trigeminal, few - to principal trigeminal
  * *Notes to function*: 
   * Lower, mandibular - ganglion
   *  mandible and maxilla - tooth pulp, surrounding gingiva, periodontal membrane and a vast portion of the oral mucosa
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= Components =
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= Connectivity =
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*Inbound Region Connections:*

|| *Source Area* || *Source Region* || *Source Name* || *Type* || *Role* || *Reference* ||
|| [BrainAreaTEA TEA] || [BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_FEEDER TARGET.TEA.FEEDER] || Mouth feeder || masticatory-unconscious-muscle-spindles || (none) ||(unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainAreaTSA TSA] || [BrainRegionTARGET_TSA_EYE TARGET.TSA.EYE] || Eye || eye-visceral || (none) ||(unknown reference) ||
||  || [BrainRegionTARGET_TSA_NOSE TARGET.TSA.NOSE] || Nose || nose-proprioceptors || (none) ||(unknown reference) ||

*Outbound Region Connections:*

|| *Target Area* || *Target Region* || *Target Name* || *Type* || *Role* || *Reference* ||
|| [BrainAreaLPC LPC] || [BrainRegionLPC_HL_TGS_STR LPC.HL.TGS.STR] || Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus || excitatory-glu || uncertain || (unknown reference) ||
||  || [BrainRegionLPC_HT_PN_PTR LPC.HT.PN.PTR] || Principal Trigeminal Nucleus || excitatory-glu || uncertain || (unknown reference) ||
||  || [BrainRegionLPC_HT_TRM LPC.HT.TRM] || Trigeminal Motor Nucleus || excitatory-glu || uncertain || (unknown reference) ||

= Thirdparty Circuits =
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= References =
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