Rostral interstitial nucleus of medial longitudinal fasciculus
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The rostral interstitial nucleus of medial longitudinal fasciculus (riMLF) is a portion of the medial longitudinal fasciculus
which controls vertical gaze
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They project to the vestibular nuclei
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Medial longitudinal fasciculus
The medial longitudinal fasciculus is a pair of crossed fiber tracts , one on each side of the brainstem. These bundles of axons are situated near the midline of the brainstem and are composed of both ascending and descending fibers that arise from a number of sources and terminate in different...
which controls vertical gaze
Gaze
Gaze is a psychoanalytical term brought into popular usage by Jacques Lacan to describe the anxious state that comes with the awareness that one can be viewed. The psychological effect, Lacan argues, is that the subject loses some sense of autonomy upon realizing that he or she is a visible object...
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They project to the vestibular nuclei
Vestibular nuclei
The vestibular nuclei are the cranial nuclei for the vestibular nerve.In Terminologia Anatomica they are grouped in both the pons and medulla.-Subnuclei:There are 4 subnuclei; they are situated at the floor of the fourth ventricle....
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External links
- http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/uni/knl/Vilis/originof.htm
- http://anatomy.umc.edu/faculty/lynch.html
- http://isc.temple.edu/neuroanatomy/lab/atlas/papc/