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<pre style="color: green">Biological Mind Tracts</pre>
 
<pre style="color: green">Biological Mind Tracts</pre>
 
[[Home]] -> [[BiologicalLifeResearch]] -> [[MindTracts]] -> [[MindTractsAT]]
 
[[Home]] -> [[BiologicalLifeResearch]] -> [[MindTracts]] -> [[MindTractsAT]]
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TRACT SET: '''Ascending Tracts'''
 
TRACT SET: '''Ascending Tracts'''
  
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==== SLS - spinolimbic system ====
 
==== SLS - spinolimbic system ====
* external:
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* external:  
 
* function:connect spinal cord with limbic structures
 
* function:connect spinal cord with limbic structures
  
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* external: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8613771
 
* external: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8613771
 
* function:provide nociceptive information to a variety of nuclei throughout the diencephalon and brainstem bilaterally
 
* function:provide nociceptive information to a variety of nuclei throughout the diencephalon and brainstem bilaterally
* notes: nociception integration, from C-fibers innervating muscles
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* comments: nociception integration, from C-fibers innervating muscles
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* notes to function:  
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** nociception integration, from C-fibers innervating muscles
 
* generic path: {body pain, temperature} -> {hypothalamus}
 
* generic path: {body pain, temperature} -> {hypothalamus}
  
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'''Tract path details:'''
 
'''Tract path details:'''
* path '''SHT.HT.AHT''': affect appetite, autonomic and homeostatic functions, and related motivational and affective responses to autonomic function (pain fibers to anterior hypothalamus)[[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]] -> [[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_AH|Anterior Hypothalamic Nucleus,LAC.FD.HT.AH]]
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* path '''SHT.HT.AHT''': affect appetite, autonomic and homeostatic functions, and related motivational and affective responses to autonomic function (pain fibers to anterior hypothalamus) - [[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]] -> [[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_AH|Anterior Hypothalamic Nucleus,LAC.FD.HT.AH]]
* path '''SHT.HT.DM''': affect blood pressure, heart rate (pain fibers to dorsomedial nucleus)[[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]] -> [[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_DM|Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nucleus,LAC.FD.HT.DM]]
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* path '''SHT.HT.DM''': affect blood pressure, heart rate (pain fibers to dorsomedial nucleus) - [[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]] -> [[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_DM|Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nucleus,LAC.FD.HT.DM]]
* path '''SHT.HT.LT''': affect thirst and hunger (pain fibers to lateral nucleus)[[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]] -> Lateral Hypothalamic Area,LAC.FD.HT.LT ([[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_LTN|Lateral Hypothalamic Nucleus]] (LAC.FD.HT.LTN), [[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_SUM|Supramammillary Nucleus]] (LAC.FD.HT.SUM), [[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_TBM|Tuberomammillary Nucleus]] (LAC.FD.HT.TBM), [[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_PRM|Premammillary Nucleus]] (LAC.FD.HT.PRM))
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* path '''SHT.HT.LT''': affect thirst and hunger (pain fibers to lateral nucleus) - [[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]] -> Lateral Hypothalamic Area,LAC.FD.HT.LT ([[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_LTN|Lateral Hypothalamic Nucleus]] (LAC.FD.HT.LTN), [[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_SUM|Supramammillary Nucleus]] (LAC.FD.HT.SUM), [[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_TBM|Tuberomammillary Nucleus]] (LAC.FD.HT.TBM), [[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_PRM|Premammillary Nucleus]] (LAC.FD.HT.PRM))
* path '''SHT.HT.SCN''': affect 24-hour rhythms (pain fibers to anterior hypothalamus)[[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]] -> [[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_SCN|Suprachiasmatic Nucleus,LAC.FD.HT.SCN]]
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* path '''SHT.HT.SCN''': affect 24-hour rhythms (pain fibers to anterior hypothalamus) - [[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]] -> [[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_SCN|Suprachiasmatic Nucleus,LAC.FD.HT.SCN]]
* path '''SHT.HT.SO''': affect blood volume or blood pressure  (pain fibers to anterior hypothalamus)[[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]] -> [[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_SO|Supraoptic Nucleus,LAC.FD.HT.SO]]
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* path '''SHT.HT.SO''': affect blood volume or blood pressure  (pain fibers to anterior hypothalamus) - [[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]] -> [[BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_SO|Supraoptic Nucleus,LAC.FD.HT.SO]]
* path '''SHT.LLSN''': lower pain, temperature for ANS (lower pain fibers to spinal integrator LSN)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]]
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* path '''SHT.LLSN''': lower pain, temperature for ANS (lower pain fibers to spinal integrator LSN) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]]
* path '''SHT.ULSN''': upper pain, temperature for ANS (upper pain fibers to spinal integrator LSN)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]]
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* path '''SHT.ULSN''': upper pain, temperature for ANS (upper pain fibers to spinal integrator LSN) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]]
  
  
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* generic path: {MG nucleus} -> {PAG, MRF}
 
* generic path: {MG nucleus} -> {PAG, MRF}
  
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'''Tract path details:'''
 
'''Tract path details:'''
* path '''SMT.LPAG''': initiates pain inhibition (activates enkephalin-releasing neurons that project to raphe nuclei, descending to inhibitory interneurons located in Laminae II)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LMG|Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG]] -> [[BrainRegionLMC_MM_PAG|Periaqueductal Gray Matter,LMC.MM.PAG]]
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* path '''SMT.LPAG''': initiates pain inhibition (activates enkephalin-releasing neurons that project to raphe nuclei, descending to inhibitory interneurons located in Laminae II) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LMG|Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG]] -> [[BrainRegionLMC_MM_PAG|Periaqueductal Gray Matter,LMC.MM.PAG]]
* path '''SMT.UPAG''': initiates pain inhibition (activates enkephalin-releasing neurons that project to raphe nuclei, descending to inhibitory interneurons located in Laminae II)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_UMG|Upper Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.UMG]] -> [[BrainRegionLMC_MM_PAG|Periaqueductal Gray Matter,LMC.MM.PAG]]
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* path '''SMT.UPAG''': initiates pain inhibition (activates enkephalin-releasing neurons that project to raphe nuclei, descending to inhibitory interneurons located in Laminae II) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_UMG|Upper Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.UMG]] -> [[BrainRegionLMC_MM_PAG|Periaqueductal Gray Matter,LMC.MM.PAG]]
  
  
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* external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitary_tract
 
* external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitary_tract
 
* function:central transmission of visceronoceptive messages
 
* function:central transmission of visceronoceptive messages
* notes: visceronociception, short-latency nociceptive input
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* comments: visceronociception, short-latency nociceptive input
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* notes to function:  
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** visceronociception, short-latency nociceptive input
 
* generic path: {body pain, temperature} -> {solitary nucleus}
 
* generic path: {body pain, temperature} -> {solitary nucleus}
  
 
'''Tract path details:'''
 
'''Tract path details:'''
* path '''SST''': autonomic regulation of of stress response to painful visceral stimuli (pain fibers to solitary nucleus to parabrachial nucleus)[[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HL_SOL|Solitary Nucleus,LPC.HL.SOL]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HT_PRF_PB|Parabrachial Nucleus,LPC.HT.PRF.PB]]
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* path '''SST''': autonomic regulation of of stress response to painful visceral stimuli (pain fibers to solitary nucleus to parabrachial nucleus) - [[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HL_SOL|Solitary Nucleus,LPC.HL.SOL]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HT_PRF_PB|Parabrachial Nucleus,LPC.HT.PRF.PB]]
* path '''SST.LLSN''': pain, temperature for ANS (pain fibers to spinal integrator LSN)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]]
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* path '''SST.LLSN''': pain, temperature for ANS (pain fibers to spinal integrator LSN) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]]
* path '''SST.ULSN''': pain, temperature for ANS (pain fibers to spinal integrator LSN)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]]
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* path '''SST.ULSN''': pain, temperature for ANS (pain fibers to spinal integrator LSN) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLAC_SC_LH_LSN|Lateral Spinal Nucleus,LAC.SC.LH.LSN]]
  
  
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===== SMRT - spinomedulloreticular tract =====
 
===== SMRT - spinomedulloreticular tract =====
* external:
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* external:  
 
* function:automatic responses to pain
 
* function:automatic responses to pain
 
* generic path: {visceral pain} -> {MRF, entire cortex}
 
* generic path: {visceral pain} -> {MRF, entire cortex}
  
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'''Tract path details:'''
 
'''Tract path details:'''
* path '''SRT.MEDL''': lower automatic responses to pain; attentional and alerting mechanisms (lower viceral pain to spinal cord to medullary reticular formation; visceral and somatic pain to MRF)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_IZ_IMM|Intermediomedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.IMM]] -> [[BrainRegionLRC_HL_RF_MED|Central Medullary Reticular Nucleus,LRC.HL.RF.MED]]
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* path '''SRT.MEDL''': lower automatic responses to pain; attentional and alerting mechanisms (lower viceral pain to spinal cord to medullary reticular formation; visceral and somatic pain to MRF) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_IZ_IMM|Intermediomedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.IMM]] -> [[BrainRegionLRC_HL_RF_MED|Central Medullary Reticular Nucleus,LRC.HL.RF.MED]]
* path '''SRT.MEDU''': upper automatic responses to pain; attentional and alerting mechanisms (upper viceral pain to spinal cord to medullary reticular formation; visceral and somatic pain to MRF)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_IZ_IMM|Intermediomedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.IMM]] -> [[BrainRegionLRC_HL_RF_MED|Central Medullary Reticular Nucleus,LRC.HL.RF.MED]]
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* path '''SRT.MEDU''': upper automatic responses to pain; attentional and alerting mechanisms (upper viceral pain to spinal cord to medullary reticular formation; visceral and somatic pain to MRF) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_IZ_IMM|Intermediomedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.IMM]] -> [[BrainRegionLRC_HL_RF_MED|Central Medullary Reticular Nucleus,LRC.HL.RF.MED]]
  
  
 
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===== SPRT - spinopontoreticular tract =====
 
===== SPRT - spinopontoreticular tract =====
* external:
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* external:  
 
* function:automatic responses to pain
 
* function:automatic responses to pain
 
* generic path: {visceral pain} -> {MRF, entire cortex}
 
* generic path: {visceral pain} -> {MRF, entire cortex}
  
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'''Tract path details:'''
 
'''Tract path details:'''
* path '''SRT.LVA''': exerts excitatory influence predominantly on pontine reticular nuclei to facilitate contraction of extensor muscles of limb and trunk (lower crude touch/vibration to spinal cord to pontine reticular formation to thalamus; utilizes four levels of neurons)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_IZ_IMM|Intermediomedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.IMM]] -> Pontine Reticular Formation, Medial Column,HT.RF.MED ([[BrainRegionLRC_HT_PRF_RPO|Oral Pontine Reticular Nucleus]] (LRC.HT.PRF.RPO), [[BrainRegionLRC_HT_PRF_CRF|Caudal Pontine Reticular Nucleus]] (LRC.HT.PRF.CRF), [[BrainRegionLRC_HT_PRF_PVR|Parvocellular Reticular Nucleus]] (LRC.HT.PRF.PVR)) -> [[BrainRegionNMA_FD_TH_VA|Ventral Anterior Nucleus,NMA.FD.TH.VA]]
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* path '''SRT.LVA''': exerts excitatory influence predominantly on pontine reticular nuclei to facilitate contraction of extensor muscles of limb and trunk (lower crude touch/vibration to spinal cord to pontine reticular formation to thalamus; utilizes four levels of neurons) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_IZ_IMM|Intermediomedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.IMM]] -> Pontine Reticular Formation, Medial Column,HT.RF.MED ([[BrainRegionLRC_HT_PRF_RPO|Oral Pontine Reticular Nucleus]] (LRC.HT.PRF.RPO), [[BrainRegionLRC_HT_PRF_CRF|Caudal Pontine Reticular Nucleus]] (LRC.HT.PRF.CRF), [[BrainRegionLRC_HT_PRF_PVR|Parvocellular Reticular Nucleus]] (LRC.HT.PRF.PVR)) -> [[BrainRegionNMA_FD_TH_VA|Ventral Anterior Nucleus,NMA.FD.TH.VA]]
* path '''SRT.UVA''': exerts excitatory influence predominantly on pontine reticular nuclei to facilitate contraction of extensor muscles of limb and trunk (upper crude touch/vibration to spinal cord to pontine reticular formation to thalamus; utilizes four levels of neurons)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_IZ_IMM|Intermediomedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.IMM]] -> Pontine Reticular Formation, Medial Column,HT.RF.MED ([[BrainRegionLRC_HT_PRF_RPO|Oral Pontine Reticular Nucleus]] (LRC.HT.PRF.RPO), [[BrainRegionLRC_HT_PRF_CRF|Caudal Pontine Reticular Nucleus]] (LRC.HT.PRF.CRF), [[BrainRegionLRC_HT_PRF_PVR|Parvocellular Reticular Nucleus]] (LRC.HT.PRF.PVR)) -> [[BrainRegionNMA_FD_TH_VA|Ventral Anterior Nucleus,NMA.FD.TH.VA]]
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* path '''SRT.UVA''': exerts excitatory influence predominantly on pontine reticular nuclei to facilitate contraction of extensor muscles of limb and trunk (upper crude touch/vibration to spinal cord to pontine reticular formation to thalamus; utilizes four levels of neurons) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_IZ_IMM|Intermediomedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.IMM]] -> Pontine Reticular Formation, Medial Column,HT.RF.MED ([[BrainRegionLRC_HT_PRF_RPO|Oral Pontine Reticular Nucleus]] (LRC.HT.PRF.RPO), [[BrainRegionLRC_HT_PRF_CRF|Caudal Pontine Reticular Nucleus]] (LRC.HT.PRF.CRF), [[BrainRegionLRC_HT_PRF_PVR|Parvocellular Reticular Nucleus]] (LRC.HT.PRF.PVR)) -> [[BrainRegionNMA_FD_TH_VA|Ventral Anterior Nucleus,NMA.FD.TH.VA]]
  
  
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* external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinotectal_tract
 
* external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinotectal_tract
 
* function:spinovisual reflexes; head/eye movement toward stimulus source
 
* function:spinovisual reflexes; head/eye movement toward stimulus source
* notes: arises in the anterolateral column
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* comments: arises in the anterolateral column
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* notes to function:  
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** arises in the anterolateral column
 
* generic path: {free nerve endings; crude touch, temperature, pain} -> {inferior and superior colliculi}
 
* generic path: {free nerve endings; crude touch, temperature, pain} -> {inferior and superior colliculi}
  
 
'''Tract path details:'''
 
'''Tract path details:'''
* path '''STCT''': Head and eye attention to non-visual stimuli (crude touch to nucleus proprius to superior colliculus)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_NP|Proprius Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.NP]] -> [[BrainRegionLRC_MM_SC_DEEP|Deep Superior Colliculus,LRC.MM.SC.DEEP]]
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* path '''STCT''': Head and eye attention to non-visual stimuli (crude touch to nucleus proprius to superior colliculus) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_NP|Proprius Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.NP]] -> [[BrainRegionLRC_MM_SC_DEEP|Deep Superior Colliculus,LRC.MM.SC.DEEP]]
  
  
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* external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinothalamic_tract
 
* external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinothalamic_tract
 
* function:transmits pain mainly from the peripheral slow-chronic type C pain fibers; transmits information to thalamus about pain, temperature, itch and crude touch
 
* function:transmits pain mainly from the peripheral slow-chronic type C pain fibers; transmits information to thalamus about pain, temperature, itch and crude touch
* notes: conscious; cervical-anterior-toward-contralateral, thoracic, lumbar, sacral-lateral slices
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* comments: conscious; cervical-anterior-toward-contralateral, thoracic, lumbar, sacral-lateral slices
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* notes to function:
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** conscious
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**  cervical-anterior-toward-contralateral, thoracic, lumbar, sacral-lateral slices
  
  
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* generic path: {skin - slow pain, temperature, slightly tactile} -> {BA 3,1,2}
 
* generic path: {skin - slow pain, temperature, slightly tactile} -> {BA 3,1,2}
  
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'''Tract path details:'''
 
'''Tract path details:'''
* path '''ASTTL''': lower slightly tactile (head and body MD,MC,PC,HF receptors to S1)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LSG|Lower Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.LSG]] -> [[BrainRegionNSA_FD_TH_VPL|Ventral Posterolateral Nucleus,NSA.FD.TH.VPL]] -> [[BrainRegionNSA_NC_PG_S1|Primary Somatosensory Cortex,NSA.NC.PG.S1]]
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* path '''ASTTL''': lower slightly tactile (head and body MD,MC,PC,HF receptors to S1) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LSG|Lower Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.LSG]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_FD_TH_VPL|Ventral Posterolateral Nucleus,NCP.FD.TH.VPL]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_NC_PG_S1|Primary Somatosensory Cortex,NCP.NC.PG.S1]]
* path '''ASTTU''': upper slightly tactile (head and body MD,MC,PC,HF receptors to S1)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_USG|Upper Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.USG]] -> [[BrainRegionNSA_FD_TH_VPL|Ventral Posterolateral Nucleus,NSA.FD.TH.VPL]] -> [[BrainRegionNSA_NC_PG_S1|Primary Somatosensory Cortex,NSA.NC.PG.S1]]
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* path '''ASTTU''': upper slightly tactile (head and body MD,MC,PC,HF receptors to S1) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_USG|Upper Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.USG]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_FD_TH_VPL|Ventral Posterolateral Nucleus,NCP.FD.TH.VPL]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_NC_PG_S1|Primary Somatosensory Cortex,NCP.NC.PG.S1]]
  
  
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* generic path: {body pain, temperature, crude touch} -> {BA 3,1,2}
 
* generic path: {body pain, temperature, crude touch} -> {BA 3,1,2}
  
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'''Tract path details:'''
 
'''Tract path details:'''
* path '''LSTT.MD''': lower body pain, temperature for reward (pain to frontal lobe)[[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LSG|Lower Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.LSG]] -> Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus,FD.TH.MD ([[BrainRegionNDM_FD_TH_MDM|Medial Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus]] (NDM.FD.TH.MDM), [[BrainRegionNCP_FD_TH_MDC|Central Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus]] (NCP.FD.TH.MDC), [[BrainRegionNMA_FD_TH_MDL|Lateral Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus]] (NMA.FD.TH.MDL)) -> [[BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG|Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Area,NDM.NC.AL.DACG]]
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* path '''LSTT.MD''': lower body pain, temperature for reward (pain to frontal lobe) - [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LSG|Lower Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.LSG]] -> Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus,FD.TH.MD ([[BrainRegionNDM_FD_TH_MDM|Medial Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus]] (NDM.FD.TH.MDM), [[BrainRegionNCP_FD_TH_MDC|Central Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus]] (NCP.FD.TH.MDC), [[BrainRegionNMA_FD_TH_MDL|Lateral Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus]] (NMA.FD.TH.MDL)) -> [[BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG|Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Area,NDM.NC.AL.DACG]]
* path '''LSTT.UMD''': upper body pain, temperature for reward (pain to frontal lobe)[[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_USG|Upper Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.USG]] -> Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus,FD.TH.MD ([[BrainRegionNDM_FD_TH_MDM|Medial Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus]] (NDM.FD.TH.MDM), [[BrainRegionNCP_FD_TH_MDC|Central Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus]] (NCP.FD.TH.MDC), [[BrainRegionNMA_FD_TH_MDL|Lateral Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus]] (NMA.FD.TH.MDL)) -> [[BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG|Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Area,NDM.NC.AL.DACG]]
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* path '''LSTT.UMD''': upper body pain, temperature for reward (pain to frontal lobe) - [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_USG|Upper Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.USG]] -> Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus,FD.TH.MD ([[BrainRegionNDM_FD_TH_MDM|Medial Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus]] (NDM.FD.TH.MDM), [[BrainRegionNCP_FD_TH_MDC|Central Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus]] (NCP.FD.TH.MDC), [[BrainRegionNMA_FD_TH_MDL|Lateral Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus]] (NMA.FD.TH.MDL)) -> [[BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG|Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Area,NDM.NC.AL.DACG]]
* path '''LSTTL''': lower body pain, temperature (head and body FN,RC receptors to marginal nucleus)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LMG|Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG]]
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* path '''LSTTL''': lower body pain, temperature (head and body FN,RC receptors to marginal nucleus) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LMG|Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG]]
* path '''LSTTL.VPI''': lower body pain, temperature for emotion (pain to insula)[[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LMG|Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG]] -> [[BrainRegionNSA_FD_TH_VPI|Ventral Posteroinferior Nucleus,NSA.FD.TH.VPI]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_NC_INS_PIC|Posterior Insular Cortex,NCP.NC.INS.PIC]]
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* path '''LSTTL.VPI''': lower body pain, temperature for emotion (pain to insula) - [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LMG|Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_FD_TH_VPI|Ventral Posteroinferior Nucleus,NCP.FD.TH.VPI]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_NC_INS_PIC|Posterior Insular Cortex,NCP.NC.INS.PIC]]
* path '''LSTTU''': upper body pain, temperature (head and body FN,RC receptors to marginal nucleus)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_UMG|Upper Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.UMG]]
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* path '''LSTTU''': upper body pain, temperature (head and body FN,RC receptors to marginal nucleus) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_UMG|Upper Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.UMG]]
* path '''LSTTU.VPI''': upper body pain, temperature for emotion (pain to insula)[[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_UMG|Upper Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.UMG]] -> [[BrainRegionNSA_FD_TH_VPI|Ventral Posteroinferior Nucleus,NSA.FD.TH.VPI]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_NC_INS_PIC|Posterior Insular Cortex,NCP.NC.INS.PIC]]
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* path '''LSTTU.VPI''': upper body pain, temperature for emotion (pain to insula) - [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_UMG|Upper Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.UMG]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_FD_TH_VPI|Ventral Posteroinferior Nucleus,NCP.FD.TH.VPI]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_NC_INS_PIC|Posterior Insular Cortex,NCP.NC.INS.PIC]]
  
  
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* function:all somatosensory submodalities from head
 
* function:all somatosensory submodalities from head
  
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'''Tract path details:'''
 
'''Tract path details:'''
* path '''TTT.GNG''': nociceptors (nociceptors of cranial nerves VII to spinal trigeminal nucleus)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_GNG|Geniculate Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.GNG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HL_TGS_STR|Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HL.TGS.STR]]
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* path '''TTT.GNG''': nociceptors (nociceptors of cranial nerves VII to spinal trigeminal nucleus) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_GNG|Geniculate Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.GNG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HL_TGS_STR|Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HL.TGS.STR]]
* path '''TTT.JUG''': nociceptors (nociceptors of cranial nerves IX,X to spinal trigeminal nucleus)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_JUG|Jugular Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.JUG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HL_TGS_STR|Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HL.TGS.STR]]
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* path '''TTT.JUG''': nociceptors (nociceptors of cranial nerves IX,X to spinal trigeminal nucleus) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_JUG|Jugular Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.JUG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HL_TGS_STR|Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HL.TGS.STR]]
* path '''TTT.NOD''': nociceptors (nociceptors of cranial nerves X to spinal trigeminal nucleus)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_NOD|Nodose Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.NOD]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HL_TGS_STR|Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HL.TGS.STR]]
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* path '''TTT.NOD''': nociceptors (nociceptors of cranial nerves X to spinal trigeminal nucleus) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_NOD|Nodose Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.NOD]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HL_TGS_STR|Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HL.TGS.STR]]
* path '''TTT.TRG''': nociceptors (head, face and intraoral structures nociceptors to spinal trigeminal nucleus)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_TRG|Trigeminal Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.TRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HL_TGS_STR|Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HL.TGS.STR]]
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* path '''TTT.TRG''': nociceptors (head, face and intraoral structures nociceptors to spinal trigeminal nucleus) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_TRG|Trigeminal Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.TRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HL_TGS_STR|Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HL.TGS.STR]]
* path '''TTT.VPM''': nociceptors (spinal trigeminal nucleus to S1)[[BrainRegionLPC_HL_TGS_STR|Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HL.TGS.STR]] -> [[BrainRegionNSA_FD_TH_VPM|Ventral Posteromedial Nucleus,NSA.FD.TH.VPM]] -> [[BrainRegionNSA_NC_PG_S1|Primary Somatosensory Cortex,NSA.NC.PG.S1]]
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* path '''TTT.VPM''': nociceptors (spinal trigeminal nucleus to S1) - [[BrainRegionLPC_HL_TGS_STR|Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HL.TGS.STR]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_FD_TH_VPM|Ventral Posteromedial Nucleus,NCP.FD.TH.VPM]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_NC_PG_S1|Primary Somatosensory Cortex,NCP.NC.PG.S1]]
  
  
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'''Tract path details:'''
 
'''Tract path details:'''
* path '''DTT''': face dull, burning pain, deep, aching pain, temperature and crude touch (head, face and intraoral structures to Precentral Cortex)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_TRG|Trigeminal Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.TRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HT_PN_PTR|Principal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HT.PN.PTR]]
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* path '''DTT''': face dull, burning pain, deep, aching pain, temperature and crude touch (head, face and intraoral structures to Precentral Cortex) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_TRG|Trigeminal Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.TRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HT_PN_PTR|Principal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HT.PN.PTR]]
* path '''DTT.MD''': pain, temperature for reward (marginal nucleus to frontal lobe)[[BrainRegionLPC_HT_PN_PTR|Principal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HT.PN.PTR]] -> Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus,FD.TH.MD ([[BrainRegionNDM_FD_TH_MDM|Medial Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus]] (NDM.FD.TH.MDM), [[BrainRegionNCP_FD_TH_MDC|Central Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus]] (NCP.FD.TH.MDC), [[BrainRegionNMA_FD_TH_MDL|Lateral Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus]] (NMA.FD.TH.MDL)) -> [[BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG|Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Area,NDM.NC.AL.DACG]]
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* path '''DTT.MD''': pain, temperature for reward (marginal nucleus to frontal lobe) - [[BrainRegionLPC_HT_PN_PTR|Principal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HT.PN.PTR]] -> Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus,FD.TH.MD ([[BrainRegionNDM_FD_TH_MDM|Medial Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus]] (NDM.FD.TH.MDM), [[BrainRegionNCP_FD_TH_MDC|Central Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus]] (NCP.FD.TH.MDC), [[BrainRegionNMA_FD_TH_MDL|Lateral Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus]] (NMA.FD.TH.MDL)) -> [[BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG|Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Area,NDM.NC.AL.DACG]]
* path '''DTT.PF''': face dull, burning pain, deep, aching pain, temperature and crude touch (head, face and intraoral structures to Precentral Cortex)[[BrainRegionLPC_HT_PN_PTR|Principal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HT.PN.PTR]] -> [[BrainRegionFEC_FD_TH_PF|Parafascicular Nucleus of Thalamus,FEC.FD.TH.PF]] -> [[BrainRegionNSA_NC_PO_PCC|Precentral Cortex,NSA.NC.PO.PCC]]
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* path '''DTT.PF''': face dull, burning pain, deep, aching pain, temperature and crude touch (head, face and intraoral structures to Precentral Cortex) - [[BrainRegionLPC_HT_PN_PTR|Principal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HT.PN.PTR]] -> [[BrainRegionFEC_FD_TH_PF|Parafascicular Nucleus of Thalamus,FEC.FD.TH.PF]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_NC_PO_PCC|Precentral Cortex,NCP.NC.PO.PCC]]
* path '''DTT.VPI''': pain, temperature for emotion (marginal nucleus to insula)[[BrainRegionLPC_HT_PN_PTR|Principal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HT.PN.PTR]] -> [[BrainRegionNSA_FD_TH_VPI|Ventral Posteroinferior Nucleus,NSA.FD.TH.VPI]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_NC_INS_PIC|Posterior Insular Cortex,NCP.NC.INS.PIC]]
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* path '''DTT.VPI''': pain, temperature for emotion (marginal nucleus to insula) - [[BrainRegionLPC_HT_PN_PTR|Principal Trigeminal Nucleus,LPC.HT.PN.PTR]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_FD_TH_VPI|Ventral Posteroinferior Nucleus,NCP.FD.TH.VPI]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_NC_INS_PIC|Posterior Insular Cortex,NCP.NC.INS.PIC]]
  
  
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* function:transmits touch, vibration sense, proprioception data
 
* function:transmits touch, vibration sense, proprioception data
  
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* synonyms: dorsal column, Reils band, Reils ribbon
 
* synonyms: dorsal column, Reils band, Reils ribbon
 
* function:two point discrimination (fine touch, fine pressure - MC), pressure (deep receptors - PC), vibration (PC), conscious proprioception (MS)
 
* function:two point discrimination (fine touch, fine pressure - MC), pressure (deep receptors - PC), vibration (PC), conscious proprioception (MS)
* notes: alpha/beta mechanoreceptors, conscious; discrimination of those sensations that an animal must explore actively
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* comments: alpha/beta mechanoreceptors, conscious; discrimination of those sensations that an animal must explore actively
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* notes to function:
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** alpha/beta mechanoreceptors, conscious
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**  discrimination of those sensations that an animal must explore actively
  
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* synonyms: tract of Burdach
 
* synonyms: tract of Burdach
 
* function:upper body well-localized discriminative proprioception, fine touch
 
* function:upper body well-localized discriminative proprioception, fine touch
* notes: muscle afferents and cutaneous mechanoreceptors (C1-T6 dermatomes); thoracic-toward-contralateral and cervical slices
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* comments: muscle afferents and cutaneous mechanoreceptors (C1-T6 dermatomes); thoracic-toward-contralateral and cervical slices
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* notes to function:
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** muscle afferents and cutaneous mechanoreceptors (C1-T6 dermatomes)
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**  thoracic-toward-contralateral and cervical slices
 
* generic path: {upper trunk, forelimb deep structures and skin} -> {neocortex BA 3b, lateral}
 
* generic path: {upper trunk, forelimb deep structures and skin} -> {neocortex BA 3b, lateral}
  
 
'''Tract path details:'''
 
'''Tract path details:'''
* path '''PCT.CUL''': conscious sensations of neck, trunk, and extremities (neck (C4), trunk (T1-T6), and extremities - arms (C5-T2) to S1 lateral)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HL_CU|Cuneate Nucleus,LPC.HL.CU]] -> [[BrainRegionNSA_FD_TH_VPL|Ventral Posterolateral Nucleus,NSA.FD.TH.VPL]] -> [[BrainRegionNSA_NC_PG_S1|Primary Somatosensory Cortex,NSA.NC.PG.S1]]
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* path '''PCT.CUL''': conscious sensations of neck, trunk, and extremities (neck (C4), trunk (T1-T6), and extremities - arms (C5-T2) to S1 lateral) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HL_CU|Cuneate Nucleus,LPC.HL.CU]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_FD_TH_VPL|Ventral Posterolateral Nucleus,NCP.FD.TH.VPL]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_NC_PG_S1|Primary Somatosensory Cortex,NCP.NC.PG.S1]]
* path '''PCT.CUM''': conscious sensations of head (geniohyoid (C1), head top (C2), head back above neck (C3) to S1 medial)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HL_CU|Cuneate Nucleus,LPC.HL.CU]] -> [[BrainRegionNSA_FD_TH_VPM|Ventral Posteromedial Nucleus,NSA.FD.TH.VPM]] -> [[BrainRegionNSA_NC_PG_S1|Primary Somatosensory Cortex,NSA.NC.PG.S1]]
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* path '''PCT.CUM''': conscious sensations of head (geniohyoid (C1), head top (C2), head back above neck (C3) to S1 medial) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HL_CU|Cuneate Nucleus,LPC.HL.CU]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_FD_TH_VPM|Ventral Posteromedial Nucleus,NCP.FD.TH.VPM]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_NC_PG_S1|Primary Somatosensory Cortex,NCP.NC.PG.S1]]
  
  
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* synonyms: tract of Goll
 
* synonyms: tract of Goll
 
* function:lower body well-localized discriminative fine touch
 
* function:lower body well-localized discriminative fine touch
* notes: sacral-toward-contralateral and lumbar slices; mostly cutaneous (proprioception via CLN)
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* comments: sacral-toward-contralateral and lumbar slices; mostly cutaneous (proprioception via CLN)
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* notes to function:
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** sacral-toward-contralateral and lumbar slices
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**  mostly cutaneous (proprioception via CLN)
 
* generic path: {lower body, muscle afferents} -> {somatosensory cortex}
 
* generic path: {lower body, muscle afferents} -> {somatosensory cortex}
  
 
'''Tract path details:'''
 
'''Tract path details:'''
* path '''PCT.GRL''': epicritic, kinesthetic, and conscious proprioceptive information from lower body (receptors of thoracic and lower limbs, T7-CX to neocortex BA 3b, medial)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HL_GR|Gracile Nucleus,LPC.HL.GR]] -> [[BrainRegionNSA_FD_TH_VPL|Ventral Posterolateral Nucleus,NSA.FD.TH.VPL]] -> [[BrainRegionNSA_NC_PG_S1|Primary Somatosensory Cortex,NSA.NC.PG.S1]]
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* path '''PCT.GRL''': epicritic, kinesthetic, and conscious proprioceptive information from lower body (receptors of thoracic and lower limbs, T7-CX to neocortex BA 3b, medial) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HL_GR|Gracile Nucleus,LPC.HL.GR]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_FD_TH_VPL|Ventral Posterolateral Nucleus,NCP.FD.TH.VPL]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_NC_PG_S1|Primary Somatosensory Cortex,NCP.NC.PG.S1]]
  
  
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* synonyms: Morin's tract
 
* synonyms: Morin's tract
 
* function:static position, Ruffini endings
 
* function:static position, Ruffini endings
* notes: thoracic-toward-contralateral and cervical slices
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* comments: thoracic-toward-contralateral and cervical slices
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* notes to function:  
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** thoracic-toward-contralateral and cervical slices
 
* generic path: {receptors of thoracic and lower limbs, T7-CX} -> {somatosensory cortex}
 
* generic path: {receptors of thoracic and lower limbs, T7-CX} -> {somatosensory cortex}
  
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'''Tract path details:'''
 
'''Tract path details:'''
* path '''SCVT''': tactile/pressure pathway from the spinal cord to sensory cortex (tactile/pressure to S1)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_NP|Proprius Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.NP]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_LH_LCV|Lateral Cervical Nucleus,LPC.SC.LH.LCV]]
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* path '''SCVT''': tactile/pressure pathway from the spinal cord to sensory cortex (tactile/pressure to S1) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_NP|Proprius Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.NP]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_LH_LCV|Lateral Cervical Nucleus,LPC.SC.LH.LCV]]
* path '''SCVT.PAG''': alerts about presence of cutaneous stimuli that might represent danger, necessitating flight (cutaneous stimuli to PAG)[[BrainRegionLPC_SC_LH_LCV|Lateral Cervical Nucleus,LPC.SC.LH.LCV]] -> [[BrainRegionLMC_MM_PAG|Periaqueductal Gray Matter,LMC.MM.PAG]]
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* path '''SCVT.PAG''': alerts about presence of cutaneous stimuli that might represent danger, necessitating flight (cutaneous stimuli to PAG) - [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_LH_LCV|Lateral Cervical Nucleus,LPC.SC.LH.LCV]] -> [[BrainRegionLMC_MM_PAG|Periaqueductal Gray Matter,LMC.MM.PAG]]
* path '''SCVT.VPL''': four-neuron, fast-conducting, tactile/pressure pathway from the spinal cord to sensory cortex (tactile/pressure to S1)[[BrainRegionLPC_SC_LH_LCV|Lateral Cervical Nucleus,LPC.SC.LH.LCV]] -> [[BrainRegionNSA_FD_TH_VPL|Ventral Posterolateral Nucleus,NSA.FD.TH.VPL]] -> [[BrainRegionNSA_NC_PG_S1|Primary Somatosensory Cortex,NSA.NC.PG.S1]]
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* path '''SCVT.VPL''': four-neuron, fast-conducting, tactile/pressure pathway from the spinal cord to sensory cortex (tactile/pressure to S1) - [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_LH_LCV|Lateral Cervical Nucleus,LPC.SC.LH.LCV]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_FD_TH_VPL|Ventral Posterolateral Nucleus,NCP.FD.TH.VPL]] -> [[BrainRegionNCP_NC_PG_S1|Primary Somatosensory Cortex,NCP.NC.PG.S1]]
  
  
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==== DSCS - direct spinocerebellar system ====
 
==== DSCS - direct spinocerebellar system ====
* external:
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* external:  
 
* function:spinal cord nuclei to cerebellum
 
* function:spinal cord nuclei to cerebellum
* notes: lower are dorsal and ventral SC tracts; upper are cuneocerebellar and rostral spinocerebellar tract
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* comments: lower are dorsal and ventral SC tracts; upper are cuneocerebellar and rostral spinocerebellar tract
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* notes to function:
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** lower are dorsal and ventral SC tracts
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**  upper are cuneocerebellar and rostral spinocerebellar tract
  
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* external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_external_arcuate_fibers
 
* external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_external_arcuate_fibers
 
* function:relay information about limb position and movement to the cerebellum
 
* function:relay information about limb position and movement to the cerebellum
* notes: upper extremity equivalent of Clarkes column to CR tract - posterior spinocerebellar tract
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* comments: upper extremity equivalent of Clarkes column to CR tract - posterior spinocerebellar tract
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* notes to function:  
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** upper extremity equivalent of Clarkes column to CR tract - posterior spinocerebellar tract
 
* generic path: {proprioceptive/fine touch/vibration, C1-C7} -> {cerebellum, vermis and paravermis of the ipsilateral posterior lobe}
 
* generic path: {proprioceptive/fine touch/vibration, C1-C7} -> {cerebellum, vermis and paravermis of the ipsilateral posterior lobe}
  
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'''Tract path details:'''
 
'''Tract path details:'''
* path '''CSCT''': proprioceptive and exteroceptive information (upper limb muscles to accessory cuneate nucleus to cerebellum)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HL_ACU|Accessory Cuneate Nucleus,LPC.HL.ACU]] -> Cerebellum,LLC.HT.CR ([[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_CC|Cerebrocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.CC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_SC|Spinocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.SC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_VC|Vestibulocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.VC))
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* path '''CSCT''': proprioceptive and exteroceptive information (upper limb muscles to accessory cuneate nucleus to cerebellum) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HL_ACU|Accessory Cuneate Nucleus,LPC.HL.ACU]] -> Cerebellum,LLC.HT.CR ([[BrainRegionLRC_HT_CR_FN|Cerebellar Flocconodular Lobe]] (LRC.HT.CR.FN), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_CC|Cerebellar Lateral Lobe]] (LLC.HT.CR.CC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_PV|Cerebellar Paravermis]] (LLC.HT.CR.PV), [[BrainRegionLRC_HT_CR_VM|Cerebellar Vermis]] (LRC.HT.CR.VM))
  
  
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* synonyms: posterior spinocerebellar tract, Flechsigs tract
 
* synonyms: posterior spinocerebellar tract, Flechsigs tract
 
* function:conveys proprioceptive information from proprioceptors in the skeletal muscles and joints to the cerebellum
 
* function:conveys proprioceptive information from proprioceptors in the skeletal muscles and joints to the cerebellum
* notes: ipsilateral, proprioceptive and tactile information
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* comments: ipsilateral, proprioceptive and tactile information
 +
* notes to function:  
 +
** ipsilateral, proprioceptive and tactile information
 
* generic path: {neuromuscular spindles and Golgi tendon organs, joint receptors, cutaneous receptors, lower limbs, below L3} -> {cerebellum, mainly ipsilateral anterior lobe}
 
* generic path: {neuromuscular spindles and Golgi tendon organs, joint receptors, cutaneous receptors, lower limbs, below L3} -> {cerebellum, mainly ipsilateral anterior lobe}
  
 
'''Tract path details:'''
 
'''Tract path details:'''
* path '''DSCTL''': proprioceptive and exteroceptive information (lower limb muscles to clarkes nucleus to cerebellum)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_CL|Clarke Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.CL]] -> Cerebellum,LLC.HT.CR ([[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_CC|Cerebrocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.CC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_SC|Spinocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.SC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_VC|Vestibulocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.VC))
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* path '''DSCTL''': proprioceptive and exteroceptive information (lower limb muscles to clarkes nucleus to cerebellum) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_CL|Clarke Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.CL]] -> Cerebellum,LLC.HT.CR ([[BrainRegionLRC_HT_CR_FN|Cerebellar Flocconodular Lobe]] (LRC.HT.CR.FN), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_CC|Cerebellar Lateral Lobe]] (LLC.HT.CR.CC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_PV|Cerebellar Paravermis]] (LLC.HT.CR.PV), [[BrainRegionLRC_HT_CR_VM|Cerebellar Vermis]] (LRC.HT.CR.VM))
* path '''DSCTU''': proprioceptive and exteroceptive information (lower limb muscles to clarkes nucleus to cerebellum)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_CL|Clarke Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.CL]] -> Cerebellum,LLC.HT.CR ([[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_CC|Cerebrocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.CC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_SC|Spinocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.SC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_VC|Vestibulocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.VC))
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* path '''DSCTU''': proprioceptive and exteroceptive information (lower limb muscles to clarkes nucleus to cerebellum) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_CL|Clarke Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.CL]] -> Cerebellum,LLC.HT.CR ([[BrainRegionLRC_HT_CR_FN|Cerebellar Flocconodular Lobe]] (LRC.HT.CR.FN), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_CC|Cerebellar Lateral Lobe]] (LLC.HT.CR.CC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_PV|Cerebellar Paravermis]] (LLC.HT.CR.PV), [[BrainRegionLRC_HT_CR_VM|Cerebellar Vermis]] (LRC.HT.CR.VM))
  
  
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* external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostral_spinocerebellar_tract
 
* external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostral_spinocerebellar_tract
 
* function:transmits information from the golgi tendon organs of the cranial half of the body to the cerebellum
 
* function:transmits information from the golgi tendon organs of the cranial half of the body to the cerebellum
* notes: upper extremity equivalent of ventral spinocerebellar tract
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* comments: upper extremity equivalent of ventral spinocerebellar tract
 +
* notes to function:  
 +
** upper extremity equivalent of ventral spinocerebellar tract
 
* generic path: {proprioceptive/fine touch/vibration, C1-C7} -> {cerebellum, anterior lobe}
 
* generic path: {proprioceptive/fine touch/vibration, C1-C7} -> {cerebellum, anterior lobe}
  
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'''Tract path details:'''
 
'''Tract path details:'''
* path '''RSCT''': proprioceptive information (upper limb muscles to centrobasalis nucleus to cerebellum)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLLC_SC_IZ_CCV|Central Cervical Nucleus,LLC.SC.IZ.CCV]] -> Cerebellum,LLC.HT.CR ([[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_CC|Cerebrocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.CC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_SC|Spinocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.SC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_VC|Vestibulocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.VC))
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* path '''RSCT''': proprioceptive information (upper limb muscles to centrobasalis nucleus to cerebellum) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_IZ_CCV|Central Cervical Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.CCV]] -> Cerebellum,LLC.HT.CR ([[BrainRegionLRC_HT_CR_FN|Cerebellar Flocconodular Lobe]] (LRC.HT.CR.FN), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_CC|Cerebellar Lateral Lobe]] (LLC.HT.CR.CC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_PV|Cerebellar Paravermis]] (LLC.HT.CR.PV), [[BrainRegionLRC_HT_CR_VM|Cerebellar Vermis]] (LRC.HT.CR.VM))
  
  
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* synonyms: anterior spinocerebellar tract, Gowers tract
 
* synonyms: anterior spinocerebellar tract, Gowers tract
 
* function:conveys information about postural stability of the lower limbs to cerebellum
 
* function:conveys information about postural stability of the lower limbs to cerebellum
* notes: bilaterally, double cross, proprioceptive/fine touch/vibration; from nucleus proprius
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* comments: bilaterally, double cross, proprioceptive/fine touch/vibration; from nucleus proprius
 +
* notes to function:
 +
** bilaterally, double cross, proprioceptive/fine touch/vibration
 +
**  from nucleus proprius
 
* generic path: {neuromuscular spindles and Golgi tendon organs, trunk, C8-L3} -> {cerebellum}
 
* generic path: {neuromuscular spindles and Golgi tendon organs, trunk, C8-L3} -> {cerebellum}
  
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'''Tract path details:'''
 
'''Tract path details:'''
* path '''VSCTL''': proprioceptive information (body muscles to intermediomedial nucleus to cerebellum)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_IZ_IMM|Intermediomedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.IMM]] -> Cerebellum,LLC.HT.CR ([[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_CC|Cerebrocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.CC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_SC|Spinocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.SC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_VC|Vestibulocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.VC))
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* path '''VSCTL''': proprioceptive information (body muscles to intermediomedial nucleus to cerebellum) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG|Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_IZ_IMM|Intermediomedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.IMM]] -> Cerebellum,LLC.HT.CR ([[BrainRegionLRC_HT_CR_FN|Cerebellar Flocconodular Lobe]] (LRC.HT.CR.FN), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_CC|Cerebellar Lateral Lobe]] (LLC.HT.CR.CC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_PV|Cerebellar Paravermis]] (LLC.HT.CR.PV), [[BrainRegionLRC_HT_CR_VM|Cerebellar Vermis]] (LRC.HT.CR.VM))
* path '''VSCTU''': proprioceptive information (body muscles to intermediomedial nucleus to cerebellum)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_IZ_IMM|Intermediomedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.IMM]] -> Cerebellum,LLC.HT.CR ([[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_CC|Cerebrocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.CC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_SC|Spinocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.SC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_VC|Vestibulocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.VC))
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* path '''VSCTU''': proprioceptive information (body muscles to intermediomedial nucleus to cerebellum) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_IZ_IMM|Intermediomedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.IMM]] -> Cerebellum,LLC.HT.CR ([[BrainRegionLRC_HT_CR_FN|Cerebellar Flocconodular Lobe]] (LRC.HT.CR.FN), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_CC|Cerebellar Lateral Lobe]] (LLC.HT.CR.CC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_PV|Cerebellar Paravermis]] (LLC.HT.CR.PV), [[BrainRegionLRC_HT_CR_VM|Cerebellar Vermis]] (LRC.HT.CR.VM))
  
  
 
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==== SMTS - spinometencephalic system ====
 
==== SMTS - spinometencephalic system ====
* external:
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* external:  
 
* function:spinal cord to intermediate nucleus to cerebellum
 
* function:spinal cord to intermediate nucleus to cerebellum
  
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'''Tract path details:'''
 
'''Tract path details:'''
* path '''SOT.CCV''': cutaneous information to cerebellum (skin mechanoreceptors to inferior olivary nucleus to cerebellum)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLLC_SC_IZ_CCV|Central Cervical Nucleus,LLC.SC.IZ.CCV]] -> [[BrainRegionLLC_HL_IO|Inferior Olivary Nucleus,LLC.HL.IO]] -> Cerebellum,LLC.HT.CR ([[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_CC|Cerebrocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.CC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_SC|Spinocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.SC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_VC|Vestibulocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.VC))
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* path '''SOT.CCV''': cutaneous information to cerebellum (skin mechanoreceptors to inferior olivary nucleus to cerebellum) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_IZ_CCV|Central Cervical Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.CCV]] -> [[BrainRegionLLC_HL_IO|Inferior Olivary Nucleus,LLC.HL.IO]] -> Cerebellum,LLC.HT.CR ([[BrainRegionLRC_HT_CR_FN|Cerebellar Flocconodular Lobe]] (LRC.HT.CR.FN), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_CC|Cerebellar Lateral Lobe]] (LLC.HT.CR.CC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_PV|Cerebellar Paravermis]] (LLC.HT.CR.PV), [[BrainRegionLRC_HT_CR_VM|Cerebellar Vermis]] (LRC.HT.CR.VM))
* path '''SOT.NPR''': proprioception to cerebellum (muscle spindles and Golgi tendons to inferior olivary nucleus to cerebellum)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_NP|Proprius Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.NP]] -> [[BrainRegionLLC_HL_IO|Inferior Olivary Nucleus,LLC.HL.IO]] -> Cerebellum,LLC.HT.CR ([[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_CC|Cerebrocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.CC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_SC|Spinocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.SC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_VC|Vestibulocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.VC))
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* path '''SOT.NPR''': proprioception to cerebellum (muscle spindles and Golgi tendons to inferior olivary nucleus to cerebellum) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_NP|Proprius Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.NP]] -> [[BrainRegionLLC_HL_IO|Inferior Olivary Nucleus,LLC.HL.IO]] -> Cerebellum,LLC.HT.CR ([[BrainRegionLRC_HT_CR_FN|Cerebellar Flocconodular Lobe]] (LRC.HT.CR.FN), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_CC|Cerebellar Lateral Lobe]] (LLC.HT.CR.CC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_PV|Cerebellar Paravermis]] (LLC.HT.CR.PV), [[BrainRegionLRC_HT_CR_VM|Cerebellar Vermis]] (LRC.HT.CR.VM))
  
  
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'''Tract path details:'''
 
'''Tract path details:'''
* path '''SVT.CCV''': cutaneous information to cerebellum (skin mechanoreceptors to vestibular nucleus to cerebellum; C1-C4)[[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLLC_SC_IZ_CCV|Central Cervical Nucleus,LLC.SC.IZ.CCV]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HT_IVBN|Inferior Vestibular Nuclei,LPC.HT.IVBN]] -> Cerebellum,LLC.HT.CR ([[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_CC|Cerebrocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.CC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_SC|Spinocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.SC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_VC|Vestibulocerebellum]] (LLC.HT.CR.VC))
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* path '''SVT.CCV''': cutaneous information to cerebellum (skin mechanoreceptors to vestibular nucleus to cerebellum; C1-C4) - [[BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG|Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_SC_IZ_CCV|Central Cervical Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.CCV]] -> [[BrainRegionLPC_HT_IVBN|Inferior Vestibular Nuclei,LPC.HT.IVBN]] -> Cerebellum,LLC.HT.CR ([[BrainRegionLRC_HT_CR_FN|Cerebellar Flocconodular Lobe]] (LRC.HT.CR.FN), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_CC|Cerebellar Lateral Lobe]] (LLC.HT.CR.CC), [[BrainRegionLLC_HT_CR_PV|Cerebellar Paravermis]] (LLC.HT.CR.PV), [[BrainRegionLRC_HT_CR_VM|Cerebellar Vermis]] (LRC.HT.CR.VM))

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Biological Mind Tracts

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This page is intended to describe set of ascending tracts

Tract Details

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TRACT SET: Ascending Tracts



ALS - anterolateral system



SLS - spinolimbic system

  • external:
  • function:connect spinal cord with limbic structures



SHTT - spinohypothalamic tract
  • external: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8613771
  • function:provide nociceptive information to a variety of nuclei throughout the diencephalon and brainstem bilaterally
  • comments: nociception integration, from C-fibers innervating muscles
  • notes to function:
    • nociception integration, from C-fibers innervating muscles
  • generic path: {body pain, temperature} -> {hypothalamus}


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SMST - spinomesencephalic tract


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SST - spinosolitary tract
  • external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitary_tract
  • function:central transmission of visceronoceptive messages
  • comments: visceronociception, short-latency nociceptive input
  • notes to function:
    • visceronociception, short-latency nociceptive input
  • generic path: {body pain, temperature} -> {solitary nucleus}

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SRS - spinoreticular system



SMRT - spinomedulloreticular tract
  • external:
  • function:automatic responses to pain
  • generic path: {visceral pain} -> {MRF, entire cortex}


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SPRT - spinopontoreticular tract
  • external:
  • function:automatic responses to pain
  • generic path: {visceral pain} -> {MRF, entire cortex}


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STCT - spinotectal tract
  • external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinotectal_tract
  • function:spinovisual reflexes; head/eye movement toward stimulus source
  • comments: arises in the anterolateral column
  • notes to function:
    • arises in the anterolateral column
  • generic path: {free nerve endings; crude touch, temperature, pain} -> {inferior and superior colliculi}

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STS - spinothalamic system

  • external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinothalamic_tract
  • function:transmits pain mainly from the peripheral slow-chronic type C pain fibers; transmits information to thalamus about pain, temperature, itch and crude touch
  • comments: conscious; cervical-anterior-toward-contralateral, thoracic, lumbar, sacral-lateral slices
  • notes to function:
    • conscious
    • cervical-anterior-toward-contralateral, thoracic, lumbar, sacral-lateral slices



ASTT - anterior spinothalamic tract
  • external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterior_spinothalamic_tract
  • synonyms: paleospinothalamic anterolateral tract
  • function:pain, temperature, light touch (tactile sensibility), two-point discrimination, stereognosis
  • generic path: {skin - slow pain, temperature, slightly tactile} -> {BA 3,1,2}


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LSTT - lateral spinothalamic tract


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TTS - trigeminothalamic system



ATTT - anterior trigeminothalamic tract

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DTTT - dorsal trigeminal tract
  • external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsal_trigeminal_tract
  • synonyms: dorsal trigeminothalamic tract, lemniscus
  • function:immediate awareness of a painful sensation; pressure and tactile discrimination sensation
  • generic path: {head MC,PC} -> {SII - BA 40,43}

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MLS - medial lemniscus system



PCS - posterior column system

  • external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_column-medial_lemniscus_pathway
  • synonyms: dorsal column, Reils band, Reils ribbon
  • function:two point discrimination (fine touch, fine pressure - MC), pressure (deep receptors - PC), vibration (PC), conscious proprioception (MS)
  • comments: alpha/beta mechanoreceptors, conscious; discrimination of those sensations that an animal must explore actively
  • notes to function:
    • alpha/beta mechanoreceptors, conscious
    • discrimination of those sensations that an animal must explore actively



FCT - fasciculus cuneatus tract
  • external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneate_fasciculus
  • synonyms: tract of Burdach
  • function:upper body well-localized discriminative proprioception, fine touch
  • comments: muscle afferents and cutaneous mechanoreceptors (C1-T6 dermatomes); thoracic-toward-contralateral and cervical slices
  • notes to function:
    • muscle afferents and cutaneous mechanoreceptors (C1-T6 dermatomes)
    • thoracic-toward-contralateral and cervical slices
  • generic path: {upper trunk, forelimb deep structures and skin} -> {neocortex BA 3b, lateral}

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FGT - fasciculus gracilis tract
  • external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracile_fasciculus
  • synonyms: tract of Goll
  • function:lower body well-localized discriminative fine touch
  • comments: sacral-toward-contralateral and lumbar slices; mostly cutaneous (proprioception via CLN)
  • notes to function:
    • sacral-toward-contralateral and lumbar slices
    • mostly cutaneous (proprioception via CLN)
  • generic path: {lower body, muscle afferents} -> {somatosensory cortex}

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SCVT - spinocervical tract

  • external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinocervical_pathway
  • synonyms: Morin's tract
  • function:static position, Ruffini endings
  • comments: thoracic-toward-contralateral and cervical slices
  • notes to function:
    • thoracic-toward-contralateral and cervical slices
  • generic path: {receptors of thoracic and lower limbs, T7-CX} -> {somatosensory cortex}


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SCS - spinocerebellar system



DSCS - direct spinocerebellar system

  • external:
  • function:spinal cord nuclei to cerebellum
  • comments: lower are dorsal and ventral SC tracts; upper are cuneocerebellar and rostral spinocerebellar tract
  • notes to function:
    • lower are dorsal and ventral SC tracts
    • upper are cuneocerebellar and rostral spinocerebellar tract



CSCT - cuneocerebellar tract
  • external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_external_arcuate_fibers
  • function:relay information about limb position and movement to the cerebellum
  • comments: upper extremity equivalent of Clarkes column to CR tract - posterior spinocerebellar tract
  • notes to function:
    • upper extremity equivalent of Clarkes column to CR tract - posterior spinocerebellar tract
  • generic path: {proprioceptive/fine touch/vibration, C1-C7} -> {cerebellum, vermis and paravermis of the ipsilateral posterior lobe}


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DSCT - dorsal spinocerebellar tract
  • external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsal_spinocerebellar_tract
  • synonyms: posterior spinocerebellar tract, Flechsigs tract
  • function:conveys proprioceptive information from proprioceptors in the skeletal muscles and joints to the cerebellum
  • comments: ipsilateral, proprioceptive and tactile information
  • notes to function:
    • ipsilateral, proprioceptive and tactile information
  • generic path: {neuromuscular spindles and Golgi tendon organs, joint receptors, cutaneous receptors, lower limbs, below L3} -> {cerebellum, mainly ipsilateral anterior lobe}

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RSCT - rostral spinocerebellar tract
  • external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostral_spinocerebellar_tract
  • function:transmits information from the golgi tendon organs of the cranial half of the body to the cerebellum
  • comments: upper extremity equivalent of ventral spinocerebellar tract
  • notes to function:
    • upper extremity equivalent of ventral spinocerebellar tract
  • generic path: {proprioceptive/fine touch/vibration, C1-C7} -> {cerebellum, anterior lobe}


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VSCT - ventral spinocerebellar tract
  • external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventral_spinocerebellar_tract
  • synonyms: anterior spinocerebellar tract, Gowers tract
  • function:conveys information about postural stability of the lower limbs to cerebellum
  • comments: bilaterally, double cross, proprioceptive/fine touch/vibration; from nucleus proprius
  • notes to function:
    • bilaterally, double cross, proprioceptive/fine touch/vibration
    • from nucleus proprius
  • generic path: {neuromuscular spindles and Golgi tendon organs, trunk, C8-L3} -> {cerebellum}


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SMTS - spinometencephalic system

  • external:
  • function:spinal cord to intermediate nucleus to cerebellum



SOT - spinoolivary tract
  • external: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spino-olivary_tract
  • synonyms: Helwegs tract
  • function:automatic movements of head, neck and upper limb
  • generic path: {proprioception information from muscles and tendons, cutaneous impulses} -> {cerebellum}

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SVT - spinovestibular tract

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