<Li> lower down in the pons: facial nerve nucleus (VII) </Li> <Li> lower down in the pons: vestibulocochlear nuclei (vestibular nuclei and cochlear nuclei) (VIII) </Li> <P> The functions of these four cranial nerves (V - VIII) include regulation of respiration, controls involuntary actions, sensory roles in hearing, equilibrium, and taste, and in facial sensations such as touch and pain, as well as motor roles in eye movement, facial expressions, chewing, swallowing, and the secretion of saliva and tears . </P> <Ul> <Li> Central pontine myelinolysis is a demyelination disease that causes difficulty with sense of balance, walking, sense of touch, swallowing and speaking . In a clinical setting, it is often associated with transplant or rapid correction 7 of blood sodium . Undiagnosed, it can lead to death or locked - in syndrome . </Li> </Ul>

What is the function of the pons in the brain
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