Facial Nucleus
"Facial Nucleus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A region in the pontine tegmentum that is the nucleus of the FACIAL NERVE.
| Descriptor ID |
D065828
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.132.810.428.600.650.374
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| Concept/Terms |
Facial Nucleus- Facial Nucleus
- Nucleus, Facial
- Nucleus Facialis
- Faciali, Nucleus
- Facialis, Nucleus
- Nucleus Faciali
- Nucleus Nervi Facialis
- Faciali, Nucleus Nervi
- Facialis, Nucleus Nervi
- Nervi Faciali, Nucleus
- Nervi Facialis, Nucleus
- Nucleus Nervi Faciali
- Facial Motor Nucleus
- Motor Nucleus, Facial
- Nucleus, Facial Motor
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| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Facial Nucleus" by people in Profiles.
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Lewis SS, Grace PM, Hutchinson MR, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Constriction of the buccal branch of the facial nerve produces unilateral craniofacial allodynia. Brain Behav Immun. 2017 Aug; 64:59-64.