Term
What CN nuclei is located at the ponto-medullary junction? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
What is the location of brainstem neurons that are contacted by auditory axons? |
|
Definition
Dorsal and ventral cochlear nucleus |
|
|
Term
Axons of the dorsal and ventral cochlear may synapse with which nuclei involved in sound processing? |
|
Definition
Nucleus of the trapezoid body, superior olivary nucleus, nucleus of the lateral lemniscus |
|
|
Term
What are the nuclei of the vestibular nuclear complex? |
|
Definition
Medial vestibular nucleus, lateral vestibular nucleus (Deiter's nucleus), superior vestibular nucleus, inferior vestibular nucleus |
|
|
Term
What is the function of the vestibular component found in the ponto-medullary junction? |
|
Definition
Transmits afferents from vestibular apparatus and gives rise to axons from vestibular ganglion which project to the vestibular nuclear complex |
|
|
Term
Central nuclear projections from the vestibular nuclei travel to the cerebellum and are responsible for mediating what? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
The abducens nerve has central connections with what other cranial nerve? |
|
Definition
|
|