"The nucleus is located in the midbrain at the level of the inferior colliculus ventral and medial periaqueductal grey and dorsal to the medial longitudinal fasciculus. It lies just caudal to the oculomotor nucleus and Edinger-Westphal nucleus. The nucleus forms a longitudinal paramedian column of somatic motor nuclei along with the abducens, oculomotor and hypoglossal nuclei."