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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 16.
Published in final edited form as: Neuron. 2022 Jan 19;110(4):579–599. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.12.020

Figure 1. Anatomy of the sensory vagus nerve.

Figure 1.

The cell bodies of vagal sensory neurons reside in left and right ganglia at the base of the neck, with each sensory neuron extruding a single, long, and pseudounipolar axon that targets both the periphery and brain. Collectively, vagal sensory neurons target numerous organs within the body.