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Principal sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve

Cluster of neurons in the brainstem From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Principal sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve
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The principal sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve (or chief sensory nucleus of V, main trigeminal sensory nucleus) is a group of second-order neurons which have cell bodies in the caudal pons.

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It receives information about discriminative sensation and light touch of the face as well as conscious proprioception of the jaw via first order neurons of CN V.

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