Skip to search formSkip to main contentSkip to account menu

Structure of ventral corticospinal tract

Known as: Anterior corticospinal tract, Tractus corticospinalis ventralis, Anterior tract of Turck 
A small bundle of ipsilateral neuronal fibers originating in the motor region of the cerebral cortex that descend down the spinal cord.
National Institutes of Health

Papers overview

Semantic Scholar uses AI to extract papers important to this topic.
2014
2014
The corticospinal system is a major motor pathway in the control of skilled voluntary movements such as reaching and grasping. It… 
2012
2012
Context. With the progress of observational constraints on dynamical processes in stars, it becomes necessary to understand the… 
2011
2011
Impaired motor and sensory function is common in the upper limb in humans after cerebrovascular stroke and it often remains as a… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
This study investigated whether there are changes in the excitability of motor axons in peripheral nerves of patients with… 
1985
1985
SummaryAn anterograde tracer study has been made of the developing corticospinal tract (CST) in the rat using wheat germ… 
1984
1984
The potential for regeneration of severed corticospinal axons was examined by labeling these axons with horseradish peroxidase… 
1977
1977
In the rat, a few long descending motor tracts capable of carrying an impulse and causing a propagated impulse in the ipsilateral… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
The axon degeneration following cortical ablation of areas 4 and 6 of the cat has been traced in serial sections impregnated by…