The accessory cuneate nucleus is located lateral to the cuneate nucleus in the medulla oblongata at the level of the sensory decussation (the crossing fibers of the posterior column/medial lemniscus tract).
It receives input from cervical spinal nerves and transmits that information to the cerebellum.[1]
These fibers are called cuneocerebellar (cuneate nucleus > cerebellum) fibers.
In this function, the accessory cuneate nucleus is comparable to the upper extremity portion of the posterior spinocerebellar tract.[2]
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- ^ "Medical Neurosciences". http://www.neuroanatomy.wisc.edu/virtualbrain/BrainStem/05ACN.html.
- ^ Fix, James D. (2002). Neuroanatomy. Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 133. ISBN 0-7817-2829-0.
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