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Reticulospinal Tract

The reticulospinal tract is a descending motor pathway originating in the reticular formation of the brainstem that mediates autonomic and postural motor control by modulating spinal cord activity, distinguishing it from other motor tracts through its role in integrating brainstem-mediated reflexes and locomotor patterns.

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396

A new major projection from locus coeruleus: The main source of noradrenergic nerve terminals in the ventral and dorsal columns of the spinal cord

Lars-Göran Nygren · Brain Research · 1977 · 486 citations

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Medullary and spinal efferents of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus and adjacent mesopontine tegmentum in the rat

David B. Rye, Henry J. Lee, Clifford B. Saper et al. · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 1988 · 424 citations

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Changes in descending motor pathway connectivity after corticospinal tract lesion in macaque monkey

Boubker Zaaimi, S. A. Edgley, Demetris S. Soteropoulos et al. · Brain · 2012 · 379 citations · Full text

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Reticulospinal connections with limb and axial motoneurons

B.W. Peterson, N.G. Pitts, Kikuro Fukushima · Experimental Brain Research · 1979 · 373 citations

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Visual Prey Capture in Larval Zebrafish Is Controlled by Identified Reticulospinal Neurons Downstream of the Tectum

Ethan Gahtan, Paul Tanger, Herwig Baier · Journal of Neuroscience · 2005 · 355 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. EJ
    E. Jankowska

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    20 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. RD
    Réjean Dubuc

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    18 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. SG
    Sten Grillner

    Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    19 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. SN
    Stuart N. Baker

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    16 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. TG
    T. G. Deliagina

    Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    11 publications · 456 citations

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339

  1. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    22 h-index

    89 publications

    5.3K citations

  2. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    20 h-index

    60 publications

    3.5K citations

  3. Université de Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    19 h-index

    60 publications

    4.2K citations

  4. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    16 h-index

    55 publications

    4.4K citations

  5. Newcastle University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    40 publications

    3.9K citations

  6. Université du Québec à Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    15 h-index

    24 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. Rockefeller University

    New York, United States

    11 h-index

    33 publications

    4.2K citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    13 publications

    1.8K citations

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  1. Journal of Neurophysiology

    JN · 56 publications · 4.2K citations

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  2. The Journal of Comparative Neurology

    44 publications · 3.3K citations

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  3. Journal of Neuroscience

    34 publications · 3.3K citations

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  4. Brain Research

    34 publications · 2.7K citations

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  5. The Journal of Physiology

    22 publications · 1.1K citations

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