Response | Nuclei | Tract | Effector |
---|---|---|---|
Fencing response | |||
First order | Lateral vestibular nucleus | Vestibulospinal fasciculus | Ipsilateral limb extensor (excitatory), |
Second order | N/A | N/A | Ipsilateral limb flexors (inhibitory) |
Seizing | |||
First order | Oral pontine reticular nucleus | Reticulospinal | Proximal muscles, axial muscles |
Second order | N/A | N/A | |
Seizing | |||
First order | Pontine tegmentum | Reticulospinal | Proximal muscles, axial muscles |
Second order | N/A | N/A | |
Snoring | |||
First order | Nucleus ambiguous | Cranial nerve IX, X | Oropharyngeal musculature |
Second order | N/A | N/A | |
Vomiting | |||
First order | Area postrema | Unnamed efferent tracts | Cardiac sphincter, intercostal |
Second order | Vomiting center; nucleus tractus solitarii | Dorsal motor nucleus of X, ventral respiratory nucleus | Motor neurons, abdominal motor neurons |
Vomiting | |||
First order | Dorsal motor nucleus of cranial nerve X | Cranial nerve X | Cardiac sphincter |
Second order | N/A | N/A | |
Vomiting | |||
First order | Ventral respiratory nucleus | Reticulospinal, phrenic nerve | Intercostal motor neurons, abdominal |
Second order | N/A | N/A | Motor neurons |
Crying | |||
First order | Superior salivatory nucleus | Greater petrosal nerve | Lacrimal gland |
Second order | Pterygopalatine ganglion | V1 |