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Cranial Nerves

Known as: Cranial nerve, Cranial neural tree organ, cns cranial nerves 
Twelve pairs of nerves that carry general afferent, visceral afferent, special afferent, somatic efferent, and autonomic efferent fibers.
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Abducens Nerve DiseasesAbducens Nerve NeoplasmAccessory Nerve NeoplasmAcoustic Neuroma

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Abducens nerve structureFacial nerve structureGlossopharyngeal nerve structureHypoglossal nerve structure

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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Continuous electromyography monitoring of motor cranial nerves during cerebellopontine angle surgery.
OBJECT Electromyography (EMG) monitoring is expected to reduce the incidence of motor cranial nerve deficits in cerebellopontine… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Dose-response tolerance of the visual pathways and cranial nerves of the cavernous sinus to stereotactic radiosurgery.
UNLABELLED As the number of patients treated with stereotactic radiosurgery increases, it becomes particularly important to… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Hoxa1 and Hoxb1 synergize in patterning the hindbrain, cranial nerves and second pharyngeal arch.
The analysis of Hoxa1 and Hoxb1 null mutants suggested that these genes are involved in distinct aspects of hindbrain… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Comparative localization of serotonin1A, 1C, and 2 receptor subtype mRNAs in rat brain
Serotonin (5‐HT) mediates its effects on neurons in the central nervous system through a number of different receptor types. To… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Expression in brain of a messenger RNA encoding a novel neuropeptide homologous to calcitonin gene-related peptide.
As a consequence of alternative RNA processing events, a single rat gene can generate messenger RNA's (mRNA's) encoding either… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Corticotropin-releasing factor receptors are widely distributed within the rat central nervous system: an autoradiographic study
Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) receptor-binding sites have been localized and quantified in the rat central nervous system… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Central projections of gustatory nerves in the rat
The central distributions of gustatory and nongustatory branches of cranial nerves V, VII, IX, and X were examined after… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Contributions of placodal and neural crest cells to avian cranial peripheral ganglia.
The method of embryonic tissue transplantation was used to confirm the dual origin of avian cranial sensory ganglia, to map… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
The central projections of the trigeminal, facial, glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves: an autoradiographic study in the rat.
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
Degeneration studies of primary afferents of IXth and Xth cranial nerves in the cat
  • M. Cottle
  • The Journal of comparative neurology
  • 1964
  • Corpus ID: 748669
That connections exist between the visceral afferent column (tractus solitarius) and higher levels of the central nervous system… 
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