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  2. Solitariospinal tract - Wikipedia

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    The solitariospinal tract is a descending nerve tract that controls breathing by promoting the action of inspiratory muscles (note that exhalation is usually passive [1]).It consists of a small group of axons originating in the nucleus solitarius of the medulla oblongata, and projects to the motor neurons of the phrenic nerve (which innervate the thoracic diaphragm) and of motor neurons of the ...

  3. Special visceral afferent fiber - Wikipedia

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    The facial nerve receives taste from the anterior 2/3 of the tongue; the glossopharyngeal from the posterior 1/3, and the vagus nerve from the epiglottis. [3] The sensory processes, using their primary cell bodies from the inferior ganglion, send projections to the medulla, from which they travel in the tractus solitarius, later terminating at ...

  4. Solitary nucleus - Wikipedia

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    The solitary nucleus (SN) (nucleus of the solitary tract, nucleus solitarius, or nucleus tractus solitarii) is a series of neurons whose cell bodies form a roughly vertical column of grey matter in the medulla oblongata of the brainstem. Their axons form the bulk of the enclosed solitary tract. The solitary nucleus can be divided into different ...

  5. Gustatory nucleus - Wikipedia

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    To produce the sense of taste, these neurons project to the gustatory nucleus, or the rostral and lateral regions of the nucleus of the solitary tract, and are ultimately projected to the cerebral cortex. [3] The tongue contains taste receptors, that sends sensory information via action potential to the solitary nucleus.

  6. Solitary tract - Wikipedia

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    The solitary tract (tractus solitarius or fasciculus solitarius) is a compact fiber bundle that extends longitudinally through the posterolateral region of the medulla oblongata. The solitary tract is surrounded by the solitary nucleus, and descends to the upper cervical segments of the spinal cord. It was first named by Theodor Meynert in 1872.

  7. Area postrema - Wikipedia

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    The area postrema connects to the solitary nucleus, or nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS), and other autonomic control centers in the brainstem.It is excited by visceral afferent impulses (sympathetic and vagal) arising from the gastrointestinal tract and other peripheral trigger zones, and by humoral factors. [2]

  8. Gustatory cortex - Wikipedia

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    The primary gustatory cortex (GC) is a brain structure responsible for the perception of taste.It consists of two substructures: the anterior insula on the insular lobe and the frontal operculum on the inferior frontal gyrus of the frontal lobe. [1]

  9. Talk:Solitary nucleus - Wikipedia

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    Instead, search the scientific literature for the titles of articles in peer-reviewed journals containing one vs. the other (in quotes), and you will find that "nucleus of the solitary tract" is used ten times more frequently by scientists (Pubmed search: "nucleus of the solitary tract"[Title] -- 529 ; "solitary nucleus"[Title] -- 54 ).