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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Comp Neurol. 2016 Aug 11;525(2):271–290. doi: 10.1002/cne.24059

Figure 8. The dorsomedial trigeminal nucleus (DMSp5) lies between the nucleus of the solitary tract (nTS) proper and the junction of the pars oralis (Sp5O) and pars interpolaris (SP5I) of the trigeminal complex.

Figure 8

Right: As shown in this photomicrograph of a horizontal section through the brainstemP2X2-immunoreactive fibers (green), mostly originating from the facial and glossopharyngeal nerves, course caudomedially to terminate throughout the nTS. Fibers immunoreactive for CGRP (red) terminate within portions of the rostral and intermediate nTS as well as in components of the brainstem trigeminal complex including DMSp5. Left: Digital reconstruction of the trigeminal complex and nTS modified from the Allen Brain Institute ‘Brain Explorer2’ tool (Lein et al., 2007; http://mouse.brain-map.org/).