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Structure of nucleus ambiguus

Known as: Nucleus innominatus, Nucleus, Ambiguous, Ambiguus, Nucleus 
A very slender, longitudinal column of motor neurons in the ventrolateral medulla oblongata; its efferent fibres leave with the vagus and… 
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BrainNodulus cerebelliNucleus solitariusParatrigeminal nucleus

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Medulla OblongataStructure of cranial nerve nucleus

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Requirement for Brn-3.0 in differentiation and survival of sensory and motor neurons
SPECIFIC families of transcription factors mediate events in the sequential maturation of distinct neuronal phenotypes. Members… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Neurotropic properties of pseudorabies virus: uptake and transneuronal passage in the rat central nervous system
Uptake, replication, and transneuronal passage of a swine neurotropic herpesvirus (pseudorabies virus, PRV) was evaluated in the… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Central distribution of subdiaphragmatic vagal branches in the rat
In the rat, the subdiaphragmatic vagus nerves (SDX) have five major branches—the right gastric, the left gastric, the coeliac… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Viscerotopic representation of the upper alimentary tract in the medulla oblongata in the rat: The nucleus ambiguus
The nucleus ambiguus has been reported to innervate various thoracic and abdominal viscera in addition to the musculature of the… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Projections from the nucleus tractus solitarii to the rostral ventrolateral medulla
Projections from the nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) to autonomic control regions of the ventrolateral medulla, particularly the… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Immunohistochemical distribution of somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of the adult rat
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Synaptic mechanisms involved in the inspiratory modulation of vagal cardio‐inhibitory neurones in the cat.
The respiratory modulation of the activity of vagal cardio‐inhibitory neurones of the nucleus ambiguus of the cat has been… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
The central distribution of the cervical vagus nerve and gastric afferent and efferent projections in the rat
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Brain stem projections of sensory and motor components of the vagus complex in the cat: I. The cervical vagus and nodose ganglion
The motor and sensory connections of the cervical vagus nerve and of its inferior ganglion (nodose ganglion) have been traced in… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
The lateral respiratory neurones of the medulla: their associations with nucleus ambiguus, nucleus retroambigualis, the spinal accessory nucleus and the spinal cord.
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