Trigeminal Nerve Number

In the NT-3 knockout mice, most sensory neuron populations were reduced in number. These alterations affected several sensory modalities, including somatosensory information processed by the DRGs and by the trigeminal ganglion, interoceptive visceral information conveyed by petrose-nodose ganglion cells and propioceptive information processed by DRG neurons and by the mesencephalic nucleus of the trigeminal nerve. During normal development, innervation of skeletal muscle by la and Ib DRG neurons induces formation... 

Miller MW (1995a) Effect of pre- or postnatal exposure to ethanol on the total number of neurons in the principal sensory nucleus of the trigeminal nerve cell proliferation versus neuronal death. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 19 1359-1364. 

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