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Tectospinal tract of medulla

Known as: Held's bundle, Tectospinal tract, Tractus tectospinalis 
National Institutes of Health

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Medulla Oblongata

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White matter of medulla oblongata

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2019
2019
Neuroanatomy, Tectospinal Tract
The tectospinal tract is part of the extrapyramidal system of the long descending motor pathway. It is involved in orienting the… 
2004
2004
Anatomical plasticity of the tectospinal tract after unilateral lesion of the superior colliculus in the neonatal rat
SummaryAfter unilateral ablation of the superior colliculus (SC) in neonatal or adult rats, the reorganization of the tectospinal… 
1999
1999
Morphology, axonal projection pattern, and response types of tectal neurons in plethodontid salamanders. I: Tracer study of projection neurons and their pathways
  • U. Dicke
  • The Journal of comparative neurology
  • 1999
  • Corpus ID: 43831781
In three salamander species (Hydromantes italicus, H. genei, Plethodon jordani), the tectobulbospinal and tectothalamic pathways… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Inter- and intra-laminar distribution of tectospinal neurons in 23 mammals.
Based on retrograde labeling from the high cervical spinal cord, the inter- and intra-laminar distributions of tectospinal tract… 
1993
1993
Comparative evidence indicating neural specialization for predatory behaviour in mammals
  • R. BartonP. Dean
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society of London…
  • 1993
  • Corpus ID: 322492
The evolution of cognitive and sensory specializations must involve concomitant modifications of neural substrates. Ecological… 
1991
1991
Projections of the tectospinal tract to the upper cervical spinal cord of the cat: A study with the anterograde tracer PHA‐L
The goal of the present experiments was to re‐examine the spinal projections of neurons in the superior colliculus (SC) of the… 
1978
1978
Tectospinal and tectoreticular cells: their distribution and afferent connections.
Experiments on chloralose-anaesthetized cats have shown that cells in the superior colliculus may be antidromically activated… 
1974
1974
Proceedings: Proprioceptive and retinal afferent projections to the superior colliculus of the cat and their connexions to the tectospinal tract.
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