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facial nucleus (FCL)

Also known as: facial motor nucleus, Nucleus nervi facialis, facial nucleus, motor nucleus of VII, Nucleus facialis, branchiomotor nucleus of facial nerve, motor nucleus of the facial nerve

NeuroNames ID: 586

All Names & Sources

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Name:

Fazialiskern

Language:

German

Organism:

human

Source:

Kahle-2001

Citation:

Seventh Edition, Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, 2001

Source Title:

Taschenatlas der Anatomie<br> Volume 3: Nervensystem und Sinnesorgane

Name:

nukleus motorik saraf fasial

Language:

Indonesian

Organism:

human

Source:

Noback-1982

Citation:

Jakarta: Penerbit Buku Kedokteran EGC, 1982

Source Title:

Anatomi Susunan Saraf Manusia, Prinsip-Prinsip Dasar Neurobiologi

Name:

nucleo motore del N. VII

Language:

Italian

Organism:

human

Source:

Carpenter-1995

Citation:

EdiSes, s.r.l.- Napoli, 1995

Source Title:

Fondamenti di Neuroanatomia

Name:

nucleo motore faciale

Language:

Italian

Organism:

human

Source:

Carpenter-1995

Citation:

EdiSes, s.r.l.- Napoli, 1995

Source Title:

Fondamenti di Neuroanatomia

Name:

Ursprungskern des N. facialis

Language:

German

Organism:

human

Source:

Schiebler-1999

Citation:

Eighth Edition, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1999.

Source Title:

Anatomie

Name:

nukleus VII

Language:

Indonesian

Organism:

human

Source:

Noback-1982

Citation:

Jakarta: Penerbit Buku Kedokteran EGC, 1982

Source Title:

Anatomi Susunan Saraf Manusia, Prinsip-Prinsip Dasar Neurobiologi

Name:

ядро лицевого нерва

Language:

Russian

Organism:

human

Source:

Baev-2000

Citation:

Moskva: Meditsina, 2000.

Source Title:

Magnitno-Resonansnaia Tomografiia Golovnogo Mozga: Normal'naia Anatomiia

Name:

facial motor nucleus

Language:

English

Organism:

human

Source:

Carpenter-1983

Citation:

Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Co., 1983

Source Title:

Human Neuroanatomy

Name:

facial motor nucleus

Language:

English

Organism:

Macaca fascicularis

Source:

Martin-1997

Citation:

Primate Information Center, University of Washington, Seattle, 1997.

Source Title:

Template Atlas of the Primate Brain

Name:

Nucleus nervi facialis

Language:

Latin

Organism:

human

Source:

Nomina-1983

Citation:

Fifth Edition, Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1983

Source Title:

Nomina Anatomica

Name:

Nucleus nervi facialis

Language:

Latin

Organism:

Macaca fascicularis

Source:

Shantha-1968

Citation:

Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1968

Source Title:

A Stereotaxic Atlas Of The Java Monkey Brain (Macaca irus)

Name:

facial nucleus

Language:

English

Organism:

Macaca fascicularis

Source:

Szabo-1984

Citation:

J Comp Neurol 1984 Jan 10;222(2):265-300

Source Title:

A stereotaxic atlas of the brain of the cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis)

Name:

facial nucleus

Language:

English

Organism:

rat

Source:

Bowden-1997

Citation:

Source Title:

A digital Rosetta stone for primate brain terminology

Name:

motor nucleus of VII

Language:

English

Organism:

human

Source:

Carpenter-1983

Citation:

Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Co., 1983

Source Title:

Human Neuroanatomy

Name:

Nucleus facialis

Language:

Latin

Organism:

human

Source:

Nomina-1983

Citation:

Fifth Edition, Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1983

Source Title:

Nomina Anatomica

Name:

Nucleus facialis

Language:

Latin

Organism:

Macaca nemestrina

Source:

Winters-1969

Citation:

University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, Ca., 1969.

Source Title:

A Stereotaxic Brain Atlas For Macaca nemestrina

Name:

branchiomotor nucleus of facial nerve

Language:

English

Organism:

human

Source:

Carpenter-1983

Citation:

Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Co., 1983

Source Title:

Human Neuroanatomy

Name:

Language:

acronym

Organism:

macaque

Source:

Martin-2000

Citation:

Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2000

Source Title:

Primate Brain Maps: Structure Of The Macaque Brain

Name:

Kern des N. facialis (N. VII)

Language:

German

Organism:

human

Source:

Schiebler-1999

Citation:

Eighth Edition, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1999.

Source Title:

Anatomie

Name:

nucleus facialis

Language:

Indonesian

Organism:

human

Source:

Noback-1982

Citation:

Jakarta: Penerbit Buku Kedokteran EGC, 1982

Source Title:

Anatomi Susunan Saraf Manusia, Prinsip-Prinsip Dasar Neurobiologi

Name:

nucleo del nervo VII

Language:

Italian

Organism:

human

Source:

Carpenter-1995

Citation:

EdiSes, s.r.l.- Napoli, 1995

Source Title:

Fondamenti di Neuroanatomia

Name:

VII

Language:

acronym

Organism:

rat

Source:

Swanson-1998

Citation:

Second Revised Edition, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 1998

Source Title:

Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain

Name:

nucleo del N. VII

Language:

Italian

Organism:

human

Source:

Carpenter-1995

Citation:

EdiSes, s.r.l.- Napoli, 1995

Source Title:

Fondamenti di Neuroanatomia

Name:

двигательное ядро лицевого нерва

Language:

Russian

Organism:

human

Source:

Sapin-1998

Citation:

Vol. 3, Moscow: Elista APP "Dzhangar", 1998

Source Title:

Anatomiia Cheloveka

Name:

Language:

acronym

Organism:

mouse

Source:

Paxinos-2001

Citation:

Second Edition, Academic Press, San Diego, 2001

Source Title:

The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates

Name:

nucleo faciale (motore)

Language:

Italian

Organism:

human

Source:

Carpenter-1995

Citation:

EdiSes, s.r.l.- Napoli, 1995

Source Title:

Fondamenti di Neuroanatomia

Name:

Language:

acronym

Organism:

Macaca mulatta

Source:

Paxinos-2009a

Citation:

Amsterdam: Elsevier-Academic Press. 2009

Source Title:

The Rhesus Monkey Brain, Second Edition

Name:

FCL

Language:

acronym

Organism:

Unspecified

Source:

NeuroNames

Citation:

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Source Title:

NeuroNames

Name:

motor nucleus of the facial nerve

Language:

English

Organism:

Unspecified

Source:

Liang-2023

Citation:

Sleep Med. 113:284-292. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2023.11.035

Source Title:

Role of the substantia nigra pars reticulata in sleep-wakefulness: A review of research progress

Illustrations

Showing 6 illustration(s)

myelin stain & diagram of
all aspects in
human

labeled line drawings of
sagittal section in
Macaca fascicularis

multiple views of
3D reconstruction in
Macaca mulatta

Nissl stain & diagram of
sagittal section in
mouse

photomicrograph of
coronal section in
primate

Species With The Structure

Equivalent By	Human	Macaque	Rat	Mouse
Topology	Has The Structure	Has The Structure	Has The Structure	Relevant Data Not Located

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Basis:

Topology

Has Equivalent:

Yes

Organism:

Homo sapiens (human)

Their Name:

branchiomotor nucleus of facial nerve

Source:

Carpenter-1983

Basis:

Topology

Has Equivalent:

Yes

Organism:

Homo sapiens (human)

Their Name:

facial motor nucleus

Source:

Carpenter-1983

Basis:

Topology

Has Equivalent:

Yes

Organism:

Homo sapiens (human)

Their Name:

motor nucleus of VII

Source:

Carpenter-1983

Basis:

Topology

Has Equivalent:

Yes

Organism:

Homo sapiens (human)

Their Name:

Nucleus facialis

Source:

Nomina-1983

Basis:

Topology

Has Equivalent:

Yes

Organism:

Homo sapiens (human)

Their Name:

Nucleus nervi facialis

Source:

Nomina-1983

Basis:

Topology

Has Equivalent:

Yes

Organism:

Macaca fascicularis (Macaca fascicularis)

Their Name:

facial motor nucleus

Source:

Martin-1997

Basis:

Topology

Has Equivalent:

Yes

Organism:

Macaca fascicularis (Macaca fascicularis)

Their Name:

facial nucleus

Source:

Szabo-1984

Basis:

Topology

Has Equivalent:

Yes

Organism:

Macaca fascicularis (Macaca fascicularis)

Their Name:

Nucleus nervi facialis

Source:

Shantha-1968

Basis:

Topology

Has Equivalent:

Yes

Organism:

Macaca nemestrina (Macaca nemestrina)

Their Name:

Nucleus facialis

Source:

Winters-1969

Basis:

Topology

Has Equivalent:

Yes

Organism:

Rattus (rat)

Their Name:

facial nucleus

Source:

Bowden-1997

Models Where It Appears

Structural CNS Model - Macaque

Brain structures of the macaque are illustrated in BrainInfo’s NeuroMaps macaque brain atlas. Structures are grouped by proximity in a hierarchy corresponding to the central nervous system hierarchy of NeuroNames ( Bowden-1995 Martin-2000 ). Structures in the NeuroMaps atlas are based on the segmentation of an MRI of the brain of a 3-year old male rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta). The atlas is most useful for targeting structures for implantating electrodes and chemtrodes. Updated 29 Oct 2025.

metabrain (metencephalon)

pons

pontine tegmentum

pontine reticular formation

superior olivary complex

facial nerve fibers

locus ceruleus

abducens nucleus

facial nucleus

medial parabrachial nucleus

lateral parabrachial nucleus

motor nucleus of the trigeminal nerve

oral part of the spinal trigeminal nucleus

pontine raphe nucleus

dorsal nucleus of the lateral lemniscus

principal sensory nucleus of the trigeminal nerve

ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus

superior medullary velum

mesencephalic tract of the trigeminal nerve

abducens nerve fibers

medial longitudinal fasciculus of the pons

central tegmental tract of the pons

dorsal acoustic stria

dorsal trigeminal tract

superior cerebellar peduncle of the pons

vestibulocochlear nerve fibers

trigeminal nerve fibers

motor root of the trigeminal nerve

lateral lemniscus

medial lemniscus of the pons

trapezoid body

decussation of the trochlear nerve

basal pons (basal part of the pons)

fourth ventricle

cerebellum

medulla

cisterna magna (cerebellomedullary cistern)

choroidal fissure

Functional CNS Model - Rat

The Functional CNS Model - Rat (FMrat) ( Swanson-2004) is one of three hierarchical models representing the internal organization of the central nervous system (CNS). The others are the Structural CNS Model - Human (SThmn) and the Functional CNS Model - Human (FMhmn). The FMrat model represents the basic organization of the mouse ( Hof-2000 AMBA-2024 ) and, presumably, other rodents. Functional CNS models differ from structural models in that structures are defined and named by connectivity rather than by proximity to other structures at the same level. Functional models are more useful for representing longitudinal components of are grouped based on information drawn from multiple neuroscientific disciplines. such as connections, neurochemical characteristics, and role in physiogical and behavioral processes. While the Functional Model was developed primarily for an atlas of the rat brain ( Swanson-2004 ), the hierarchical organization of structures is for the most part applicable to the human, macaque, mouse and other mammalian brains as well. Structures at lower levels of the Functional CNS hierarchy are largely the same as in the Classical and Developmental Models, i.e., they were originally identified by stains for gray matter (Nissl substance) and white matter (myelin). At the next higher level they are grouped into basic connectional and functional systems of the CNS, such as the subcortical sensory systems, the brainstem motor system and the behavioral state system. At the highest levels CNS structures are grouped on the basis of dissection and embryologic precursors into cerebrum ( cerebral cortex and cerebral nuclei ), cerebellum, and cerebrospinal trunk.

gray matter (central nervous system gray matter)

cerebrum

cerebellum

cerebrospinal trunk

subcortical sensory systems (sensory system)

behavioral state system

brainstem motor system (motor system)

behavior control column

motor superior colliculus (superior colliculus, motor related)

postcerebellar and precerebellar nuclei

vestibulomotor regions

central gray