The development and connections of the mesencephalic root of the trigeminal nerve in man

Secondary neurones within a trigemino‐cerebellar projection to the anterior lobe of the cerebellum in the cat

“…Two possible trigemino-cerebellar pathways for this projection are apparent. The anatomical basis of a direct pathway, such as was found by from the gracile nucleus, is provided by the findings 54 I. DARIAN-SMITH AND GILLIAN PHILLIPS of several histological investigations (Woodburne, 1936;Larsell, 1947;Pearson, 1949;Carpenter & Hanna, 1961). An alternative pathway to the anterior lobe of the cerebellum from the limbs and trunk, which relays within the lateral reticulum nucleus, has been demonstrated by Brodal (1943Brodal ( , 1949Brodal ( , 1954.…”

Mesencephalic Trigeminal Nucleus in Sharks

“…This notion may have arisen from the almost uni versal practice of describing the large 'unipolar' cells of Mes V in terms analogous to the large 'T' cells of the dorsal root ganglia in which the cell bodies play no direct role in the transmission and integration of neural ac tivity. In his paper on the human Mes V, Pearson [1949] pointed out that this persistent analogy may have been misleading in understanding the functional role of this nucleus.…”

Development of the Human Motor Trigeminal Nucleus

“…Therefore, an anatomical investigation of hu man brain development is essential to comprehension of brain maturation. However, most previous studies of the anatomical development of the human brain have been limited to embryonic materials [1][2][3][4][5] and have involved volumetric analyses [6][7][8] or qualitative evaluations [9], Since some brain stem nuclei are represented as discrete cellular aggregates of limited sizes, determination of ab solute cell populations is preferred to the cell density measurement that is used in cerebral or cerebellar cor tices. There have been a few reports of morphometric studies on human brain stem nuclei [10][11][12][13].…”