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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 " /> | The Rubrospinal tract is a descending pathway which originates in the Red Nucleus and descends to the spinal cord.<ref name="Crossman" /> | ||
== Anatomy == | == Anatomy == | ||
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- 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> | - 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 === | ||
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== Function == | == Function == | ||
- As the Rubrospinal tract recieves afferent fibres from the motor cortex and cerebellum it acts as a non pyramidal route of influencing spinal cord activity through inter and motor neurones <ref name="Crossman" /><ref name="Martinez">Martinez-Lopez1 JE, Moreno-Bravo1 JA, Madrigal1 MP, Martinez1 S, Puelles1 E. Red nucleus and rubrospinal tract disorganization in the absence of Pou4f1. Front. Neuroanat 2015;9:8.</ref> | |||
== Pathology == | == Pathology == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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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.
Function[edit | edit source]
- As the Rubrospinal tract recieves afferent fibres from the motor cortex and cerebellum it acts as a non pyramidal route of influencing spinal cord activity through inter and motor neurones [1][2]
Pathology[edit | edit source]
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