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  2. Spinothalamic tract - Wikipedia

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    The spinothalamic tract is a nerve tract in the anterolateral system in the spinal cord. [1] This tract is an ascending sensory pathway to the thalamus . From the ventral posterolateral nucleus in the thalamus, sensory information is relayed upward to the somatosensory cortex of the postcentral gyrus .

  3. Spinal cord - Wikipedia

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    Sectional organization of spinal cord. The spinal cord is the main pathway for information connecting the brain and peripheral nervous system. [3] [4] Much shorter than its protecting spinal column, the human spinal cord originates in the brainstem, passes through the foramen magnum, and continues through to the conus medullaris near the second lumbar vertebra before terminating in a fibrous ...

  4. Ventral posterior nucleus - Wikipedia

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    Ventral posterolateral nucleus, which receives sensory information from the body via the medial lemniscus, and spinothalamic tracts. Ventral posteromedial nucleus , which receives sensory information from the head and face via the trigeminal nerve .

  5. Spinohypothalamic tract - Wikipedia

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    The spinohypothalamic tract or spinohypothalamic fibers is a sensory fiber tract projecting from the spinal cord to the hypothalamus directly to mediate reflex autonomic and endocrine responses to painful stimuli (the hypothalamus receives additional indirect nociceptive projections from the reticular formation (see: spinoreticular tract), and periaqueductal gray (see: spinomesencephalic tract).

  6. Thalamus - Wikipedia

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    The spinothalamic tract is a sensory pathway originating in the spinal cord. It transmits information to the thalamus about pain, temperature, itch and crude touch . There are two main parts: the lateral spinothalamic tract , which transmits pain and temperature, and the anterior (or ventral) spinothalamic tract , which transmits crude touch ...

  7. Dorsal column–medial lemniscus pathway - Wikipedia

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    The dorsal column–medial lemniscus pathway (DCML) (also known as the posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway (PCML) is the major sensory pathway of the central nervous system that conveys sensations of fine touch, vibration, two-point discrimination, and proprioception (body position) from the skin and joints.

  8. Brainstem - Wikipedia

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    The ascending pathways coming from the body to the brain are the sensory pathways and include the spinothalamic tract for pain and temperature sensation and the dorsal column-medial lemniscus pathway (DCML) including the gracile fasciculus and the cuneate fasciculus for touch, proprioception, and pressure sensation. The facial sensations have ...

  9. Spinomesencephalic pathway - Wikipedia

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    The spinomesencephalic pathway, spinomesencephalic tract or spino-quadrigeminal system of Mott, includes a number of ascending tracts in the spinal cord, including the spinotectal tract. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The spinomesencephalic tract is one of the ascending tracts in the anterolateral system of the spinal cord that projects to various parts of ...