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== Description == | == Description == | ||
The Rubrospinal tract is a descending pathway which originates in the Red Nucleus and descends to the spinal cord.<ref name="Crossman " /> | |||
== Anatomy == | == Anatomy == | ||
=== Origin === | === [[Image:Rubrospinal_tract.jpg|frame|right]]Origin === | ||
- The Red Nucleus of the midbrain tegmentum <ref name="Crossman">Crossman AR, Neary D. Neuroanatomy: An Illustrated Colour Text. Third Edition. London: Elsevier, 2004</ref> | |||
=== Course / Path === | === Course / Path === | ||
- Fibres pass ventromedially and cross the ventral tegmental decussation. | |||
- Fibres descend to the spinal cord where they lie ventrolateral to and intertwined with the corticospinal tract. | |||
== Function == | == Function == | ||
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Description[edit | edit source]
The Rubrospinal tract is a descending pathway which originates in the Red Nucleus and descends to the spinal cord.[1]
Anatomy[edit | edit source]
Origin[edit | edit source]
- The Red Nucleus of the midbrain tegmentum [1]
Course / Path[edit | edit source]
- Fibres pass ventromedially and cross the ventral tegmental decussation.
- Fibres descend to the spinal cord where they lie ventrolateral to and intertwined with the corticospinal tract.
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