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Brain: Superior vestibular nucleus
Gray761
Terminal nuclei of the vestibular nerve, with their upper connections. (#7 is Nucleus of Bechterew.)
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Latin nucleus vestibularis superior
Gray's subject #191 861
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Components
Artery
Vein
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MeSH [1]

The superior vestibular nucleus (Bechterew’s nucleus) is the dorso-lateral part of the vestibular nucleus and receives collaterals and terminals from the ascending branches of the vestibular nerve.

Its axons terminate in much the same manner as do those from the lateral nucleus.


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