either one of the fifth pair of cranial nerves, which supply the muscles of the mandible and maxilla. Their ophthalmic branches supply the area around the orbit of the eye, the nasal cavity, and the forehead
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During intra and extradural exploration a large tumor was found on the trigeminal nerve.
André G. Machado, Paulo Henrique Aguiar, Raul Marino Jr 2002, 'Pathological laughter in a patient with trigeminal neurinoma Riso patológico em umapaciente com neurinoma de trigêmeo', Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatriahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2002000600021. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Polymodal neurons of the trigeminal nerve innervate the nasal cavity, nasopharynx, oral cavity and cornea.
CJ Saunders, Winston Y Li, Tulsi D Patel, Jeffrey A Muday, Wayne L Silver 2013, 'Dissecting the role of TRPV1 in detecting multiple trigeminal irritants in three behavioralassays for sensory irritation [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/p8]', F1000Researchhttp://f1000research.com/articles/2-74/v1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The motor fibers of the trigeminal nerve are fairly resistant to extraneous compression.
Jaypalsinh Gohil, Gopikrishnan Rajasekar, Pankaj Shivhare, Prakash Nair, Mathew Abraham 2019, 'A rare case of an extensive multi-compartment epidermoid presenting with pure motortrigeminal neuropathy, case report and review of literature', Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practicehttp://www.ruralneuropractice.com/article.asp?issn=0976-3147;year=2019;volume=10;issue=2;spage=364;epage=366;aulast=Gohil. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Nonvestibular cranial nerve schwannomas most commonly originated from trigeminal nerve followed by glossopharyngeal+/vagus nerve.
Forhad Hossain Chowdhury, Mohammod R. Haque, Khandkar A. Kawsar, Mainul H. Sarker,Mahmudul Hasan, Atul H. Goel 2014, 'Intracranial nonvestibular neurinomas: Young neurosurgeons′ experience', Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practicehttp://www.ruralneuropractice.com/article.asp?issn=0976-3147;year=2014;volume=5;issue=3;spage=231;epage=243;aulast=Chowdhury. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Trigeminal nerve stimulation may be an effective "adjuvant" method for treatment of intractable seizure.
Mohammad Zare, Mansoor Salehi, Jafar Mahvari, Mohammd Reza Najafi, Azam Moradi, MojtabaHeshmati Pour, Mojtaba Akbari 2014, 'Trigeminal nerve stimulation: A new way of treatment of refractory seizures', Advanced Biomedical Researchhttp://www.advbiores.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9175;year=2014;volume=3;issue=1;spage=81;epage=81;aulast=Zare. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Additional stimulating electrodes aimed at evoking negative reinforcements were implanted on the trigeminal nerve.
Juan Carlos López-Ramos, Rafael eGuerra-Narvona, José M. Delgado-García 2015, 'Different forms of decision-making involve changes in the synaptic strength of thethalamic, hippocampal, and amygdalar afferents to the medial prefrontal cortex', Frontiers in Behavioral Neurosciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00007/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The most frequent indications for trigeminal nerve block are diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical blockades.
E A Glazov, D V Dmytriiev, E Y Dmytriieva, Y K Otkalenko 2018, 'Trigeminal nerve block under the ultrasound control in the pain medicine', Медицина болюhttps://painmedicine.org.ua/index.php/pnmdcn/article/view/158. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Peripheral nociceptive stimuli from orofacial structures are largely transmitted by the trigeminal nerve.
Tetsuya Goto, Haruki Iwai, Eriko Kuramoto, Atsushi Yamanaka 2017, 'Neuropeptides and ATP signaling in the trigeminal ganglion', Japanese Dental Science Reviewhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1882761617300091. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)