Olivospinal tract
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| Olivospinal tract | |
|---|---|
 Olivospinal tract is 2d, in red at bottom left. | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | tractus olivospinalis |
| TA98 | A14.1.02.213 A14.1.02.223 |
| FMA | 73992 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The olivospinal tract had been described as a tract arising in the inferior olivary nucleus of the medulla oblongata to descend in the lateral funiculus of the spinal cord and modulate the activity of spinal anterior grey column motor neurons. Its existence is now strongly doubted.[1]
References
- ^ Snell, Richard S. (2010). Clinical Neuroanatomy (7th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-7817-9427-5.
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