Dentatothalamic tract
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. | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | tractus dentatothalamicus |
| NeuroNames | 534 |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1104 |
| TA2 | 5847 |
| FMA | 72462 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The term "dentatorubrothalamocortical" is sometimes used to emphasize termination in the cerebral cortex.[2]
See also
References
- Operative Neurosurgery: Dentatorubrothalamic tract
- 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.
External links
- 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. 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/
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