mesencephalic

After cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen for ninety days, fetal mesencephalic brain cells showed significantly decreased survival as compared to fresh cells.

Life Support Tess Gerritsen 1997

Besides these scattered cells it contains three groups which constitute the nuclei of the oculomotor and trochlear nerves, and the nucleus of the mesencephalic root of the trigeminal nerve.

IX. Neurology. 4b. The Mid-brain or Mesencephalon 1918

The neuroblasts of these laminæ are grouped in relation to the sides and floor of the cerebral aqueduct, and constitute the nuclei of the oculomotor and trochlear nerves, and of the mesencephalic root of the trigeminal nerve.

IX. Neurology. 2. Development of the Nervous System 1918

The fibers from the superior nucleus constitute the mesencephalic root: they descend through the mid-brain, and, entering the pons, join with the fibers from the lower nucleus, and the motor root, thus formed, passes forward through the pons to its point of emergence.

IX. Neurology. 5e. The Trigeminal Nerve 1918

The mesencephalic root arises from the gray substance of the floor of the cerebral aqueduct, joins the motor root and probably conveys fibers of muscle sense from the temporal, masseter and pterygoid muscles.

IX. Neurology. 4a. The Hind-brain or Rhombencephalon 1918

The mesencephalic root (descending root of the trigeminal) arises from unipolar cells arranged in scattered groups in a column at the lateral edge of the central gray matter surrounding the upper end of the fourth ventricle and the cerebral aqueduct.

IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves 1918

It is uncertain whether the mesencephalic root is motor or sensory.

IX. Neurology. 5e. The Trigeminal Nerve 1918

Aside from the fibers of the fornix which pass through the mammillary body to decussate and descend (as the mammillo-mesencephalic fasciculus), many fibers are said to pass into the bundle of Vicq d’Azyr, and one bundle of fibers is said to pass from the fornix to the tuber cinereum.

IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves 1918

It is not altogether clear whether the mesencephalic root is motor or sensory.

IX. Neurology. 4a. The Hind-brain or Rhombencephalon 1918

In addition, neurons in the mesencephalic reticular formation (MRF) were found to be involved in the control of vergence

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