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| unconscious proprioception information from lower body muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs |
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| dorsal spinocerebellar tract (DSCT) |
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| control of voluntary movements and suppression of innate reflexes in the limbs |
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| corticospinal tract (LCST) |
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| control of voluntary movements and suppression of innate reflexes on the axial muscles |
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| corticospinal tract (VCST) |
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| returns copies of motor commands (that arrive at the motor neuron pools) to the cerebellum |
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| ventral spinocerebellar tract (VSCT) |
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| proprioceptive information from the upper body muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs |
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| cuneocerebellar tract (CCT) |
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| protopathic sensations : pain, temperature, crude touch |
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spinothalamic tract (STT) anterolateral systems |
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| excitatory to motor neurons that control upper limb flexor muscles |
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| role in positioning the head and neck in rotation to balance and eye movement |
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| medial vestibulospinal tract |
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controls motor neurons innervating extensor antigravitic muscles role in balance at rest and during movements, equilibrium, postural adjustments, maintenance of upright posture |
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| lateral vestibulospinal tract |
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| voluntary movements through control of the motor neurons in the trigeminal, facial, hypoglossal motor nuclei, nucleus ambiguus, and spinal accessory nucleus |
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facilitates extensor motor neurons and inhibits flexor motor neurons involvded in the control of posture and gait-related movements |
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| pontine reticulospinal tract |
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inhibits extensor motor neurons and facilitates flexor motor neurons involved in the control of posture and gait-related movements |
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| medullary reticulospinal tract (MRST) |
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