Abstract
The truncus cerebri or brain stem harbours the centres of origin and termination of ten (III–XII) of the twelve cranial nerves (Fig. 126). At first sight the arrangement of these cranial nerve nuclei does not show a definite pattern; however, the classical investigations of Gaskell [386, 387], Herrick [513] and many others (for a review, see Nieuwenhuys [995]) have revealed that these centres form part of functional zones, each of which is specifically related to one of the fibre categories of which the cranial nerves are composed. Before elucidating this zonal pattern the fibre categories or nerve components of peripheral nerves in general deserve some comment.
Keywords
Locus Coeruleus Vestibular Nucleus Lateral Hypothalamic Area Stria Terminalis Zona Incerta
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