Cranial nerve function varies depending on the type of nerve. Generally speaking, these nerves control your motor skills in your face and trigger sensations (tasting, smelling, hearing, feeling ...

This illustration shows an anterior-posterior projection of cranial nerve nuclei. Left half illustrates sensory nuclei and right half shows motor nuclei. Note that the cranial nerve X is connected ...

The researchers specifically used single-nuclei RNA sequencing to establish transcriptional profiles for individual nuclei in the mouse nerve sample they examined.