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Accessory abducens nucleus is a small cluster of neurons in the pontine reticular formation of the rat and rabbit.

In the rabbit, motoneurons that are involved in the nictitating membrane response are found in the accessory abducens nucleus.

Crosby et al. (1962) questioned whether, in the human, it exists independently of the accessory facial nucleus.

References

1. Swanson LW (1998). Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain (2nd Revised ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. OCLC 640898561.
2. Marek GJ, McMaster SE, Gormezano I, Harvey JA (1984). "The role of the accessory abducens nucleus in the rabbit nictitating membrane response". Brain Res. 299 (2): 215–29. doi:10.1016/0006-8993(84)90703-0. PMID 6733447. S2CID 26319541.
3. Crosby EC, Humphrey T, Lauer EW (1962). Correlative Anatomy of the Nervous System. New York: MacMillan. OCLC 557246.

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