title: Origin and course of an afferent component of the facial nerve within the central nervous system.
abstract: The mesencephalic nucleus of trigeminal gives rise to an afferent component of the facial nerve. This nucleus contains large unipolar afferent cell bodies which give rise to an axon which courses caudally through the brainstem and exists via the facial nerve to terminate distal to the stylomastoid foramen.
mesh_terms: D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000166:cytology; D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D003035:Cobalt; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000166:cytology*; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000166:cytology*; D051379:Mice; D011434:Proprioception
chemical_list: D003035:Cobalt