Cortical and Sensory Integration in Brainstem Circuits for Mastication

Researchers mapped brainstem regions activated by cortical and sensory inputs to chewing circuits in mice, finding that these two input pathways activate largely distinct brainstem areas, with only partial overlap in the parvocellular reticular nucleus and peritrigeminal region.

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