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Cranial Nerve V: Trigeminal Nerve

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One sentence: The trigeminal nerve is predominately sensory with a smaller motor portion and several autonomic fibers that travel via nerve anastomosis and blood vessels.

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  1. Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental und Clinical Traumatology, Vienna, Austria

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  2. Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Division of Neurology University Hospital Tulln, Tulln, Austria

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  3. Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Anna Grisold

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Grisold, W., Struhal, W., Grisold, A. (2023). Cranial Nerve V: Trigeminal Nerve. In: The Cranial Nerves in Neurology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43081-7_9

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