The superior vestibular nucleus (
Bechterew's nucleus) is the dorso-lateral part of the
vestibular nucleus and receives collaterals and terminals from the ascending branches of the
vestibular nerve
The vestibular nerve is one of the two branches of the vestibulocochlear nerve (the cochlear nerve being the other). In humans the vestibular nerve transmits sensory information from vestibular hair cells located in the two otolith organs (the u ...
.
Sends uncrossed fibers to
cranial nerve
Cranial nerves are the nerves that emerge directly from the brain (including the brainstem), of which there are conventionally considered twelve pairs. Cranial nerves relay information between the brain and parts of the body, primarily to and f ...
3 and
4 via the
medial longitudinal fasciculus
The medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) is a prominent bundle of nerve fibres which pass within the ventral/anterior portion of periaqueductal gray of the mesencephalon (midbrain). It contains the interstitial nucleus of Cajal, responsible ...
(MLF)
References
Cranial nerve nuclei
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