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Pyramidal Tracts

Known as: Fasciculus pyramidalis, Tracts, Pyramidal, Pyramidal Tract 
Fibers that arise from cells within the cerebral cortex, pass through the medullary pyramid, and descend in the spinal cord. Many authorities say the… 
National Institutes of Health

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Blood supply aspectsMicrobiologicalProcess of secretionSet of corticospinal fibers

Narrower (2)

Corticobulbar TractsCorticospinal Tracts

Broader (3)

Efferent PathwaysSpinal CordWhite matter of medulla oblongata

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Skilled forelimb movements in prey catching and in reaching by rats (Rattus norvegicus) and opossums (Monodelphis domestica): relations to anatomical differences in motor systems
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Enhancement of calcium currents in rat hippocampal CA1 neurons induced by kindling epileptogenesis
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Long-lasting potentiation of synaptic transmission requires postnaptic modifications in the neocortex
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Cross-correlation reveals facilitation of single motor units in thenar muscles by single corticospinal neurones in the conscious monkey
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Postsynaptic-gabaergic inhibition of non-pyramidal neurons in the guinea-pig hippocampus
Review
1986
Review
1986
The role of glutamate in neurotransmission and in neurologic disease.
Glutamate is the putative neurotransmitter of several clinically important pathways, including cortical association fibers… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Excitatory effect of acetylcholine on different types of neurons in the first somatosensory neocortex of the rat: Laminar distribution and pharmacological characteristics
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Development of the pyramidal tract in the hamster. I. A light microscopic study
  • T. RehK. Kalil
  • The Journal of comparative neurology
  • 1981
  • Corpus ID: 38662955
The development of the pyramidal tract and other projections from the sensorimotor cortex was studied in the postnatal hamster… 
Review
1968
Review
1968
Localization of indolealkylamines in CNS.
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Pyramidal tract effects on interneurons in the cat lumbar dorsal horn.
IN HIGHER MAMMALS many cells of the cerebral cytoarchitectonic features; the dorsal horn cortex can directly influence spinal… 
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