Motor cortex cross talking with the reticular formation
| Brain: Central tegmental tract |  | | Diagram of the midbrain, sectioned at the level of the superior colliculus (Central tegmental tract not labeled, but region is visible.) |  | | Axial section of the Brainstem (Pons) at the level of the Facial Colliculus (Central tegmental tract not labeled, but region is visible.) | | NeuroNames | ancil-718 | The central tegmental tract is a structure in the midbrain and pons which transmits information to the thalamus. The central tegmental tract are ascending axonal fibers which arise from the rostral nucleus solitarius and terminate in the intralaminar nuclei of the of Thalamus. Information from the thalamus will go to cortical taste area. It also contains descending axonal fibers from the parvocellular red nucleus. The descending axons will project to the inferior olivary nucleus. This latter pathway will be used to connect the contralateral cerebellum. [edit] External links Blumenfeld, Hal, "Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases" Sinauer Associates, Inc. 2002 </ref> |
