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Dentatothalamic tract

Summary

The dentatothalamic tract (or dentatorubrothalamic tract) is a tract which originates in the dentate nucleus and follows the ipsilateral superior cerebellar peduncle, decussating later on and reaching the contralateral red nucleus and the contralateral thalamus.[1]

Dentatothalamic tract
The cerebello-dentato-thalamo-cortical pathway. The figure depicts the pathway from the cerebellum to the motor cortex, via the ventrolateral nucleus of the thalamus.
Tractography of dentatothalamic tract.
Details
Identifiers
Latintractus dentatothalamicus
NeuroNames534
NeuroLex IDbirnlex_1104
TA25847
FMA72462
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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The term "dentatorubrothalamocortical" is sometimes used to emphasize termination in the cerebral cortex.[2]

Additional images edit

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    3D data of the dentatothalamic tract. Reonctructed using tractography.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Operative Neurosurgery: Dentatorubrothalamic tract
  2. ^ Boiten J, Lodder J (February 1990). "Ataxic hemiparesis following thalamic infarction". Stroke. 21 (2): 339–40. doi:10.1161/01.str.21.2.339. PMID 2305412.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dentatothalamic tract.
  • Krauss JK, Wakhloo AK, Nobbe F, Tränkle R, Mundinger F, Seeger W (December 1995). "Lesion of dentatothalamic pathways in severe post-traumatic tremor". Neurol. Res. 17 (6): 409–16. doi:10.1080/01616412.1995.11740353. PMID 8622792.
  • NIF Search - Dentatothalamic Tract via the Neuroscience Information Framework
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20091021004541/http://isc.temple.edu/neuroanatomy/lab/atlas/papc/