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15.03.2017
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- Question to the brain
Why do we get Headaches?
The brain has no pain receptors. So why do we still get headaches?
14.10.2025
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Trigeminal nerve
In accordance with its literal translation, "triple nerve," the trigeminal nerve consists of three main branches: the ophthalmic branch, the maxillary branch, and the mandibular branch. The trigeminal nerve originates in the brain, where it is connected to four different nerve nuclei – three sensory and one motor. It reaches large parts of the head via the three branches. The sensory and motor fibers supply the face, nasal and oral cavities, and masticatory muscles.
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- Krankheiten
- Multiple sclerosis
MS under the microscope
MS: Damage to the axon causes a wide variety of symptoms
15.08.2025
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- Grundlagen
- Anatomy
The Pons
The name is not correct, but it is involved in motor function, taste, and important vegetative functions.
20.09.2025
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Posterior ventral nucleus
A nucleus of the dorsal thalamus that serves as the main somatosensory thalamic nucleus. The VPL receives somatosensory afferents from the body via the spinal cord (pressure, touch, vibration, proprioception, pain, temperature), while the VPM receives afferents from the head region via the trigeminal nerve. It transmits this information to the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) and thus plays a central role in the awareness of somatosensory stimuli, including pain.
