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Reports from University of South Dakota add new data to research in neuroscience
April 24th, 2008
"The primate facial nucleus is a prominent brain-stem structure that is composed of cell bodies giving rise to axons forming the facial nerve. It is musculotopically organized, but we know little about the morphological features of its motor neurons," scientists in the United States report. "Using the Lucifer Yellow intracellular filling method, we examined 11 morphological parameters of motor neurons innervating the monkey orbicularis oculi (OO) muscle, which plays an important role in eyelid closure and voluntary and emotional facial expressions. All somata were multipolar and remained confined to the intermediate subnucleus, as did the majority of its aspiny...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-04-24)
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