Hypothalamospinal tract

Hypothalamospinal tract
Hypothalamospinal tract
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Identifiers
Latin	tractus hypothalamospinalis
TA98	A14.1.05.329
TA2	6098
FMA	77482
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The hypothalamospinal tract arise mainly from the paraventricular nucleus, lateral and posterior hypothalamic areas. This tract descend through the periaqueductal gray and adjacent reticular formation.^[1] The hypothalamospinal tract also connects the hypothalamus to the ciliospinal center of the intermediolateral cell column in the spinal cord (T1 to L2). It is found in the dorsolateral quadrant of the lateral funiculus, in the lateral tegmentum of the medulla, pons and midbrain. Lesions of the hypothalamospinal tract cause ipsilateral Horner's syndrome.^[2]

Lesions of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) or the vertebral artery can lead to lateral medullary syndrome, with ipsilateral Horner's Syndrome as the result of lesioning this nucleus.

References[]

^ Haines, Duane E. (January 2013). Fundamental Neuroscience for Basic and Clinical Applications,with STUDENT CONSULT Online Access,4: Fundamental Neuroscience for Basic and Clinical Applications. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 423. ISBN 978-1-4377-0294-1.
^ James D. Fix. High-Yield Neuroanatomy 4th Edition. Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. pp. 63-64.

[1] Haines, Duane E. (January 2013). Fundamental Neuroscience for Basic and Clinical Applications,with STUDENT CONSULT Online Access,4: Fundamental Neuroscience for Basic and Clinical Applications. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 423. ISBN 978-1-4377-0294-1.

[2] James D. Fix. High-Yield Neuroanatomy 4th Edition. Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. pp. 63-64.

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