"Abducens Nerve" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The 6th cranial nerve which originates in the ABDUCENS NUCLEUS of the PONS and sends motor fibers to the lateral rectus muscles of the EYE. Damage to the nerve or its nucleus disrupts horizontal eye movement control.
| Descriptor ID |
D000010
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.120.030
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| Concept/Terms |
Abducens Nerve- Abducens Nerve
- Nerve, Abducens
- Sixth Cranial Nerve
- Cranial Nerve, Sixth
- Nerve, Sixth Cranial
- Nerves, Sixth Cranial
- Sixth Cranial Nerves
- Nerve VI
- Nerve VIs
- Nervus Abducens
- Abducen, Nervus
- Abducens, Nervus
- Nervus Abducen
- Abducent Nerve
- Abducent Nerves
- Nerve, Abducent
- Cranial Nerve VI
- Cranial Nerve VIs
- Nerve VI, Cranial
- Nerve VIs, Cranial
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| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Abducens Nerve" by people in Profiles.
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Gutierrez S, Khan PA, Iwanaga J, Dumont AS, Tubbs RS. Review of the Petroclinoid Ligament. Kurume Med J. 2022 Mar 11; 67(1):5-10.
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Iwanaga J, Anand MK, Camacho A, Rodriguez F, Watson C, Caskey EL, Dumont AS, Tubbs RS. Surgical anatomy of the internal carotid plexus branches to the abducens nerve in the cavernous sinus. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2020 04; 191:105690.
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Gunton KB, Wasserman BN, DeBenedictis C. Strabismus. Prim Care. 2015 Sep; 42(3):393-407.
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Moster ML, Savino PJ, Sergott RC, Bosley TM, Schatz NJ. Isolated sixth-nerve palsies in younger adults. Arch Ophthalmol. 1984 Sep; 102(9):1328-30.
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LANGFITT TW, SHAWALUK PD, MAHONEY RP, STEIN SC, HEDGES TR. EXPERIMENTAL INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION AND PAPILLEDEMA IN THE MONKEY. J Neurosurg. 1964 Jun; 21:469-78.