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Posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway — Originating in peripheral sensory receptors, the posterior column medial lemniscus pathway transmits fine touch and conscious proprioceptive information to the brain. Latin via column … Wikipedia
Nigrostriatal pathway — The nigrostriatal pathway is a neural pathway that connects the substantia nigra with the striatum. It is one of the four major dopamine pathways in the brain, and is particularly involved in the production of movement, as part of a system called … Wikipedia
Neural pathway — A neural pathway, neural tract, or neural face, connects one part of the nervous system with another and usually consists of bundles of elongated, myelin insulated neurons, known collectively as white matter. Neural pathways serve to connect… … Wikipedia
Descending pathway — A nerve pathway that goes down the spinal cord and allows the brain to control movement of the body below the head. In contrast, ascending pathways are nerve pathways that go upward from the spinal cord toward the brain carrying sensory… … Medical dictionary
afferent pathway — the nerve structures through which an impulse, especially a sensory impression, is conducted to the cerebral cortex; see also ascending tract and sensory tract, under tract … Medical dictionary
Nociceptor — A nociceptor is a sensory receptor that responds to potentially damaging stimuli by sending nerve signals to the spinal cord and brain. This process, called nociception, usually causes the perception of pain. Contents 1 History 2 Location 3… … Wikipedia
Posterior column — Cross section of the spinal cord Posterior column or dorsal column refers to the area of white matter in the dorsomedial side of the spinal cord. It is made up of the fasciculus gracilis and fasciculus cuneatus and itself is part of the dorsal… … Wikipedia
Anterolateral system — In the nervous system, the anterolateral system is an ascending pathway that conveys pain, temperature (protopathic sensation), and crude touch from the periphery to the brain. It comprises three main pathways:External links*… … Wikipedia
spinoreticular tract — noun Ascending pathway in the white matter of the spinal cord, positioned closely to the lateral spinothalamic tract … Wiktionary
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium
