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Facial Nucleus

The Facial Nucleus is a motor nucleus located within the brainstem's pontine tegmentum that innervates the muscles of facial expression via the facial nerve, distinguishing it from other cranial nerve nuclei by its specific control of bilateral and contralateral voluntary facial movements.

543

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1.5K

Authors

514

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2017–2026

17

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Facial Motor Nucleus

Parents

Publications

543

Embryological origin for autism: Developmental anomalies of the cranial nerve motor nuclei

Patricia M. Rodier, Jennifer L. Ingram, Barbara Tisdale et al. · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1996 · 633 citations

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A Novel Functional Neuron Group for Respiratory Rhythm Generation in the Ventral Medulla

Hiroshi Onimaru, Ikuo Homma · Journal of Neuroscience · 2003 · 526 citations · Full text

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Afferent projections to the oral motor nuclei in the rat

Ralph Norgren · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1983 · 468 citations

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Long-Distance Retrograde Effects of Botulinum Neurotoxin A

Flavia Antonucci, Chiara Rossi, Laura Gianfranceschi et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2008 · 449 citations · Full text

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Intracellular studies in the facial nucleus illustrating a simple new method for obtaining viable motoneurons in adult rat brain slices

George K. Aghajanian, Kurt Rasmussen · Synapse · 1989 · 449 citations

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Authors

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  1. GW
    Georg W. Kreutzberg

    Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany

    16 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. KJ
    Kathryn J. Jones

    Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, United States

    15 publications · 349 citations

    13

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  3. GR
    Gennadij Raivich

    Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

    11

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  4. NM
    Noboru Mizuno

    Kyoto University, Japan

    9 publications · 574 citations

    9

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  5. DN
    Doychin N. Angelov

    University of Cologne, Germany

    9 publications · 356 citations

    9

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Institutions

514

  1. Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology

    Martinsried, Germany

    23 h-index

    98 publications

    8.6K citations

  2. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    13 h-index

    26 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    11 h-index

    30 publications

    2K citations

  4. Inserm

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    43 publications

    2.7K citations

  5. The University of Osaka

    Osaka, Japan

    10 h-index

    33 publications

    547 citations

  6. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    378 citations

  7. University of Cologne

    Cologne, Germany

    10 h-index

    42 publications

    1.6K citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    44 publications

    2.2K citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of Comparative Neurology

    110 publications · 8.3K citations

    51

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  2. Journal of Neuroscience

    27 publications · 3.1K citations

    26

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  3. Brain Research

    29 publications · 1.4K citations

    19

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  4. European Journal of Neuroscience

    EJN · 18 publications · 1.2K citations

    17

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 27 publications · 1K citations

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