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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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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… 
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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. Barton, P. 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… 
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1989
Highly Cited
1989
Descending pathways to the spinal cord: II. Quantitative study of the tectospinal tract in 23 mammals
To study the early evolution of the mammalian motor systems, we have collected quantitative data on the nuclear origins of tracts… 
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1980
Highly Cited
1980
Cells of origin of the tectospinal tract in the golden hamster: An anatomical and electrophysiological investigation
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… 
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1975
Highly Cited
1975
Projections of extraocular, neck muscle, and retinal afferents to superior colliculus in the cat: their connections to cells of origin of tectospinal tract.
Unit recordings were made in the superior colliculus of cats anesthetized with chloralose and with Pentothal. Electrical… 
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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1965
Highly Cited
1965
THE ROLE OF THE SUPERIOR COLLICULUS IN VISUALLY GUIDED BEHAVIOR.
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