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Hypoglossal nerve structure

Known as: Twelfth Cranial Nerves, Nerve XII, Cranial, Nerve XII 
The 12th cranial nerve. The hypoglossal nerve originates in the hypoglossal nucleus of the medulla and supplies motor innervation to all of the… 
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Cranial Nerves

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Left hypoglossal nerve

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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Endogenous calcium buffering in motoneurones of the nucleus hypoglossus from mouse
1 Simultaneous patch clamp and rapid microfluorometric calcium measurements were performed on sixty‐five motoneurones in slices… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Tongue motor responses following transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex and proximal hypoglossal nerve in man.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Synaptic Density of Axotomized Hypoglossal Motorneurons Following Pharmacological Blockade of the Microglial Cell Proliferation
The purpose of the present study was to examine the possible role of reactive microglia in the removal of presynaptic terminals… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Differential effects of serotonin on respiratory activity of hypoglossal and cervical motoneurons: an in vitro study on the newborn rat
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
TRANSPORT OF PROTEINS, GLYCOPROTEINS AND CHOLINERGIC ENZYMES IN REGENERATING HYPOGLOSSAL NEURONS 1
The accumulation of [3H]leucine‐ and [3H]fucose‐labelled axonal proteins, acetyl‐CoA : choline O‐acetyltransferase (ChAc, EC 2.3… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
TRANSPORT, TURNOVER AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE AND ACETYLCHOLIN‐ESTERASE IN THE VAGUS AND HYPOGLOSSAL NERVES OF THE RABBIT
Abstract— The transport, distribution and turnover of choline O‐acetyltransferase (ChAc, EC 2.3.1.6) and acetylcholinesterase… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Neuroglial proliferation in the hypoglossal nucleus after nerve injury.
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Fast and slow components of axoplasmic transport in the hypoglossal and vagus nerves of the rabbit.
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
The cerebrocortical projection of hypoglossal afferents.
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Axonal Delivery of Neuroplasmic Components to Muscle Cells
Substances labeled with phosphate-32 and carbon-14 and applied to hypoglossal nuclei in rabbits traveled down the hypoglossal… 
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