Accessory abducens nucleus
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Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

Accessory abducens nucleus is a small cluster of neurons in the pontine reticular formation of the rat[1] and rabbit.

In the rabbit, motoneurons that are involved in the nictitating membrane response are found in the accessory abducens nucleus.[2]

Crosby et al. (1962)[3] questioned whether, in the human, it exists independently of the accessory facial nucleus.

References

  1. ↑ Swanson LW (1998). Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain (2nd Revised ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. OCLC 640898561.
  2. ↑ Marek GJ, McMaster SE, Gormezano I, Harvey JA (1984). "The role of the accessory abducens nucleus in the rabbit nictitating membrane response". Brain Res. 299 (2): 215–29. doi:10.1016/0006-8993(84)90703-0. PMID 6733447. S2CID 26319541.
  3. ↑ Crosby EC, Humphrey T, Lauer EW (1962). Correlative Anatomy of the Nervous System. New York: MacMillan. OCLC 557246.
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