Dentatothalamic tract

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.
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Identifiers
Latintractus dentatothalamicus
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Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

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

The term "dentatorubrothalamocortical" is sometimes used to emphasize termination in the cerebral cortex.[2]

Additional images

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

See also

References

  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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