Mesencephalic nucleus of trigeminal nerve

Mesencephalic nucleus of trigeminal nerve
The cranial nerve nuclei schematically represented; dorsal view. Motor nuclei in red; sensory in blue.disease (Trigeminal nerve nuclei are at "V".)
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Identifiers
Latin	nucleus mesencephalicus nervi trigemini
MeSH	A08.186.211.132.931
NeuroNames	hier-550
NeuroLex ID	Mesencephalic nucleus of trigeminal nerve
Dorlands /Elsevier	n_11/12581865
TA	A14.1.05.409
FMA	54568
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy []

The mesencephalic nucleus is involved with proprioception of the face, that is, the feeling of position of the muscles. Unlike many nuclei within the central nervous system (CNS), the mesencephalic nucleus contains no chemical synapses but are electrically coupled. Neurons of this nucleus are unipolar cells that receive proprioceptive information from the mandible and send projections to the trigeminal motor nucleus to mediate monosynaptic jaw jerk reflexes. It is also the only structure in the CNS to contain the cell bodies of a primary afferent, which are usually contained within ganglia (like the trigeminal ganglion).

A lesion involving the trigeminal mesencephalic nucleus would cause ipsilateral sensory and motor deficits.