New Insights in Trigeminal Anatomy: A Double Orofacial Tract for Nociceptive Input

• Main Authors: Dylan J.H.A. Henssen (Author), Erkan eKurt (Author), Tamas eKozicz (Author), Robert evan Dongen (Author), Ronald H.M.A. Bartels (Author), Anne-Marie evan Cappellen van Walsum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Orofacial pain in patients relies on the anatomical pathways conducting nociceptive information, originating from the periphery towards the trigeminal sensory nucleus complex (TSNC) and finally, to the grey matter structures located in the diencephalon and the somatosensorical cortical regions. The...