In the human central nervous system, the interstitiospinal tract is one of ten descending neuronal tracts in humans that provides motor control to specific upper cervical somatic segments.[1] The origin of this uncrossed tract is in the interstitial nucleus of Cajal (related to the oculomotor nucleus) which is subsequently found in the Edinger-Westphal nucleus of the midbrain.[2] This tract also contributes to the make-up of the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF). Within the terminal segments of the upper cervical segments the interstitiospinal tract synapses in rexed laminae VII and VIII. It is believed to function in head and neck reflex movements in response to primarily visual and possibly vestibular stimuli.[3]
| Interstitiospinal tract | |
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| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | tractus interstitiospinalis |
| TA98 | A14.1.02.210 A14.1.04.127 A14.1.05.330 |
| FMA | 77031 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
References
edit- ^ Felten, David L.; O'Banion, M. Kerry; Maida, Mary Summo (2016-01-01), Felten, David L.; O'Banion, M. Kerry; Maida, Mary Summo (eds.), "15 - Motor Systems", Netter's Atlas of Neuroscience (Third Edition), Philadelphia: Elsevier, pp. 391–420, ISBN 978-0-323-26511-9, retrieved 2022-03-28
- ^ Pal, G.K.; Pal, Privati (2006). Textbook Of Practical Physiology (2nd ed.). Orient Blackswan. p. 261.
- ^ Morris, Kelly (May 2002). ""Neural integrator" may go awry in torticollis". The Lancet Neurology. 1 (1): 5. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(02)00027-3. ISSN 1474-4422. S2CID 54230982.
