Corticofugal projections to the motor nuclei of the brainstem and spinal cord in humans

Iwatsubo, T.; Kuzuhara, S.; Kanemitsu, A.; Shimada, H.; Toyokura, Y.

Neurology 40(2): 309-312

1990


ISSN/ISBN: 0028-3878
PMID: 2300253
Document Number: 364670
We studied corticofugal projections to the motoneurons with Nauta-Gygax's technique in a patient with cerebral infarction of both hemispheres. Motoneurons in the brainstem motor nuclei and spinal anterior horns seen to receive direct cortical projections, except for the oculomotor and abducens nuceli and Onuf's nucleus in the sacral cord.

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