SOMATOTOPY OF THE TRIGEMINAL COMPLEX: NERVE, GANGLION, NUCLEUS.

Abstract

This paper summarizes, in a modern fashion and with a number of molecular, functional and magnetic resonance imaging details, the main morphological data about the trigeminal complex (i.e., trigeminal nerve, ganglion and nucleus). Indeed, this information is the basis to understand pathophysiology and semiotics of diseases involving these anatomical structures.

Keywords

• Trigeminal complex
• nucleus
• nerve
• ganglion