Cells of origin of the branches of the facial nerve: A retrograde HRP study in the rabbit

1987 ◽  
Vol 178 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald H. Baisden ◽  
Michael L. Woodruff ◽  
Dennis L. Whittington ◽  
Duane C. Baker ◽  
Amy E. Benson
Keyword(s):  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Cells Of Origin

scholarly journals SPECIFIC NERVE IMPULSES FROM GUSTATORY AND TACTILE RECEPTORS IN CATFISH

1933 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 685-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hudson Hoagland
Keyword(s):  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Bilateral Symmetry ◽  
Great Sensitivity ◽  
Gasserian Ganglion ◽  
Mechanical Stimuli ◽  
Tactile Receptors ◽  
Meat Juice ◽  
Cells Of Origin ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Sense Modalities

1. Receptors in the lips and barbels of the catfish Ameiurus nebulosus Les. are very sensitive to mechanical stimuli, giving large rapid (A-type) impulses in fibers of the facial nerve in response to touching the receptive surfaces and to movements of the water in which the preparation is immersed. 2. The great sensitivity of the barbels and lips to currents of water and the bilateral symmetry of the distribution of sensitivity of the facial nerve may serve as a basis for observed rheotropic orientation in the catfish. 3. Acetic acid, NaCl, and meat juice, dissolved in the water bathing the barbels and lips, set up impulses of very small and barely detectable potential in the fibers of the facial nerve. 4. It is suggested that the specificity of impulses for the two sense modalities may be correlated with the large size of the cells of origin of the axons in the Gasserian ganglion supplying tactile receptors and the small size of the cells of origin in the geniculate ganglion sending axons to taste-buds.

Facial Nerve Outcome In Acoustic Neuroma Surgery

1992 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 623-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack M. Kartush ◽  
Larry B. Lundy
Keyword(s):  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Acoustic Neuroma ◽  
Acoustic Neuroma Surgery

Intraoperative Facial Nerve Monitoring

1991 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 709-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert Silverstein ◽  
Seth Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Nerve Monitoring ◽  
Facial Nerve Monitoring

Adaptive and Maladaptive Neural Plasticity Due to Facial Nerve Palsy

2016 ◽  
Vol 224 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carsten M. Klingner ◽  
Stefan Brodoehl ◽  
Gerd F. Volk ◽  
Orlando Guntinas-Lichius ◽  
Otto W. Witte
Keyword(s):  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Neural Plasticity ◽  
Cortical Plasticity ◽  
Brain Plasticity ◽  
Motor Nerve ◽  
Predictive Coding ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Cortical Reorganization ◽  
Nerve Lesion ◽  
Peripheral Facial Palsy

Abstract. This paper reviews adaptive and maladaptive mechanisms of cortical plasticity in patients suffering from peripheral facial palsy. As the peripheral facial nerve is a pure motor nerve, a facial nerve lesion is causing an exclusive deefferentation without deafferentation. We focus on the question of how the investigation of pure deefferentation adds to our current understanding of brain plasticity which derives from studies on learning and studies on brain lesions. The importance of efference and afference as drivers for cortical plasticity is discussed in addition to the crossmodal influence of different competitive sensory inputs. We make the attempt to integrate the experimental findings of the effects of pure deefferentation within the theoretical framework of cortical responses and predictive coding. We show that the available experimental data can be explained within this theoretical framework which also clarifies the necessity for maladaptive plasticity. Finally, we propose rehabilitation approaches for directing cortical reorganization in the appropriate direction and highlight some challenging questions that are yet unexplored in the field.

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