Dentatothalamic tract
Encyclopedia
The dentatothalamic tract (or dentatorubrothalamic tract) is a tract which connects the dentate nucleus
and the thalamus
while sending collaterals to the red nucleus
.
The term "dentatorubrothalamocortical" is sometimes used to emphasize termination in the cerebral cortex
.
Dentate nucleus
The dentate nucleus is located within the deep white matter of each cerebellar hemisphere, and it is the largest single structure linking the cerebellum to the rest of the brain. It is the largest and most lateral, or farthest from the midline, of the four pairs of deep cerebellar nuclei, the...
and the thalamus
Thalamus
The thalamus is a midline paired symmetrical structure within the brains of vertebrates, including humans. It is situated between the cerebral cortex and midbrain, both in terms of location and neurological connections...
while sending collaterals to the red nucleus
Red nucleus
The red nucleus is a structure in the rostral midbrain involved in motor coordination. It comprises a caudal magnocellular and a rostral parvocellular part.-Function:...
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The term "dentatorubrothalamocortical" is sometimes used to emphasize termination in the cerebral cortex
Cerebral cortex
The cerebral cortex is a sheet of neural tissue that is outermost to the cerebrum of the mammalian brain. It plays a key role in memory, attention, perceptual awareness, thought, language, and consciousness. It is constituted of up to six horizontal layers, each of which has a different...
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External links
- NIF Search - Dentatothalamic Tract via the Neuroscience Information FrameworkNeuroscience Information FrameworkThe Neuroscience Information Framework is a repository of global neuroscience web resources, including experimental, clinical, and translational neuroscience databases, knowledge bases, atlases, and genetic/genomic resources.-Description:...
- http://isc.temple.edu/neuroanatomy/lab/atlas/papc/