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The fistulous tract ascends along the carotid sheath, then posterior to the common carotid artery, then superior to the superior laryngeal, hypoglossal, and vagus nerves; it finally opens into the piriform sinus. Activation of the region of Nucleus Tractus Solitarii (NTS), the sensory nucleus of the vagus nerve was observed, supporting our hypothesis that the vagus nerve provides a spinal cord bypass pathway for vaginocervical sensation. Examination of the brains of these animals showed not only nigral cell loss with a corresponding striatal dopamine depletion but also neurodegeneration in the locus coeruleus, dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus, and the nucleus basalis of Meynert, a pattern of cell loss that is strikingly similar to that seen in Parkinson's disease and is not observed in any other of the toxicant-induced animal models of Parkinson's disease. |
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