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Trigeminal Nuclei

The Trigeminal Nuclei is a functional anatomical structure within the brainstem that serves as the primary central nervous system relay and processing center for somatosensory and motor functions of the trigeminal nerve, distinguishing it from other cranial nerve nuclei by its specialized integration of facial sensation and mastication control.

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Trigeminal Nuclear Complex

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Opiate analgesics inhibit substance P release from rat trigeminal nucleus

Thomas M. Jessell, Leslie L. Iversen · Nature · 1977 · 967 citations

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Delivery of insulin-like growth factor-I to the rat brain and spinal cord along olfactory and trigeminal pathways following intranasal administration

Robert G. Thorne, Gijsbertus J. Pronk, Vasantha Padmanabhan et al. · Neuroscience · 2004 · 937 citations

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Immunohistochemical analysis of peptide pathways possibly related to pain and analgesia: enkephalin and substance P.

Tomas Hökfelt, Å. Ljungdahl, Lars Terenius et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1977 · 887 citations · Full text

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Afferent connections to the sensory trigeminal nuclei, the nucleus of the solitary tract and adjacent structures. An experimental study in the rat

A. Torvik · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1956 · 761 citations

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Three bulbospinal pathways from the rostral medulla of the cat: An autoradiographic study of pain modulating systems

Allan I. Basbaum, Charles H. Clanton, Howard L. Fields · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1978 · 640 citations

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    Barry J. Sessle

    University of Toronto, Canada

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    Noboru Mizuno

    Kyoto University, Japan

    44 publications · 2.5K citations

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    Yoshio Shigenaga

    The University of Osaka, Japan

    36 publications · 2.1K citations

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    David A. Bereiter

    Rhode Island Hospital, United States

    41 publications · 1.9K citations

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    Peter J. Goadsby

    King's College London, United Kingdom

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  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

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  2. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

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  3. The University of Osaka

    Osaka, Japan

    31 h-index

    336 publications

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  4. Inserm

    Paris, France

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    84 publications

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  5. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

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    57 publications

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  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

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    109 publications

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  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

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  2. Brain Research

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  3. Journal of Neurophysiology

    JN · 83 publications · 7K citations

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