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. 2019 Feb 20;39(9):1180–1194. doi: 10.1177/0333102419833076

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Figure 3. — Schematic overview of the central projections of the TSN. Latin numbers indicate cranial nerves or their corresponding nuclei; color of the tract is consistent with the color of the nucleus/area it sprouts from.

CSN: caudal subnucleus of the trigeminal spinal nucleus; DPSN: dorsal part of the principal sensory nucleus; ISN: interpolar subnucleus of the trigeminal spinal nucleus; NST: nucleus of the solitary tract; OSN: oral subnucleus of the trigeminal spinal nucleus; PAG: periaqueductal grey; VPSN: ventral part of the principal sensory nucleus.