tractus caeruleospinalis

tractus caeruleospinalis
[TA] ceruleospinal tract: a tract arising from the nucleus caeruleus and nucleus subcaeruleus and projecting to spinal laminae, predominately laminae VII to IX, at all levels; it includes projections to the intermediolateral cell column and sacral parasympathetic cell groups. The tract is bilateral with most fibers remaining ipsilateral.

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