Convergent innervations of mesencephalic trigeminal and vestibular nuclei neurons onto oculomotor and pre-oculomotor neurons—Tract tracing and triple labeling in rats

• Yongmei Chen,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Central Laboratory, Hubei University of Art and Science Medical Center, Xiangyang City, Hubei, China, Institute of Neuroscience, Xiangyang Central Hospital, Affiliation of Hubei University of Art and Science, Xiangyang City, Hubei, China

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• Xinrui Gong ,

  Roles Funding acquisition

  * E-mail: gongxrbxy@gmail.com (XG); zhang2jd@ucmail.uc.edu (JZ)

  Affiliations Institute of Neuroscience, Xiangyang Central Hospital, Affiliation of Hubei University of Art and Science, Xiangyang City, Hubei, China, Department of Anesthesiology, Xiangyang Central Hospital, Affiliation of Hubei University of Art and Science, Xiangyang City, Hubei, China

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• Shaimaa I. A. Ibrahim,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Neuroscience, Xiangyang Central Hospital, Affiliation of Hubei University of Art and Science, Xiangyang City, Hubei, China, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

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• Houcheng Liang,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Xi’an BRIGHT Eye Hospital, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

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• Jingdong Zhang

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gongxrbxy@gmail.com (XG); zhang2jd@ucmail.uc.edu (JZ)

  Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Xi’an BRIGHT Eye Hospital, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3475-3321

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