Dentatothalamic tract

Dentatothalamic tract
The cerebello-dentato-thalamo-cortical pathway. The figure depicts the pathway from the cerebellum to the motor cortex, via the ventrolateral nucleus of the thalamus.
Tractography of dentatothalamic tract.
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Identifiers
Latin	tractus dentatothalamicus
NeuroNames	534
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_1104
TA2	5847
FMA	72462
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [ edit on Wikidata]

The dentatothalamic tract (or dentatorubrothalamic tract) is a tract which originates in the dentate nucleus, follows the ipsilateral superior cerebellar peduncle, decussates later on reaching the contralateral red nucleus and the contralateral thalamus. ^[1]

The term "dentatorubrothalamocortical" is sometimes used to emphasize termination in the cerebral cortex. ^[2]

Additional images

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  3D data of the dentatothalamic tract. Reonctructed using tractography.

See also

• Cerebellothalamic tract
• Red nucleus

References

1. Operative Neurosurgery: Dentatorubrothalamic tract
2. Boiten J, Lodder J (February 1990). "Ataxic hemiparesis following thalamic infarction". Stroke. 21 (2): 339–40. doi:10.1161/01.str.21.2.339. PMID   2305412.

External links

• Krauss JK, Wakhloo AK, Nobbe F, Tränkle R, Mundinger F, Seeger W (December 1995). "Lesion of dentatothalamic pathways in severe post-traumatic tremor". Neurol. Res. 17 (6): 409–16. doi:10.1080/01616412.1995.11740353. PMID   8622792.
• NIF Search - Dentatothalamic Tract via the Neuroscience Information Framework
• https://web.archive.org/web/20091021004541/http://isc.temple.edu/neuroanatomy/lab/atlas/papc/