Spinothalamic Tracts
"Spinothalamic Tracts" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A bundle of NERVE FIBERS connecting each posterior horn of the spinal cord to the opposite side of the THALAMUS, carrying information about pain, temperature, and touch. It is one of two major routes by which afferent spinal NERVE FIBERS carrying sensations of somaesthesis are transmitted to the THALAMUS.
| Descriptor ID |
D013133
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.854.761 A08.612.220.735
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| Concept/Terms |
Spinothalamic Tracts- Spinothalamic Tracts
- Spinothalamic Tract
- Tract, Spinothalamic
- Tracts, Spinothalamic
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Wang G, Thompson SM. Maladaptive homeostatic plasticity in a rodent model of central pain syndrome: thalamic hyperexcitability after spinothalamic tract lesions. J Neurosci. 2008 Nov 12; 28(46):11959-69.