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 | | Describe the clinical signs that would follow: (1) a lesion to the red nucleus, (2) transection of the brainstem rostral to the vestibular nuclei and caudal to the red nuclei, and (3) a lesion to the tectum. |
 | | In the cerebral white matter (corona radiata) and internal capsule, the corticospinal fibers are intermingled with corticostriate (cortex to basal ganglia), corticothalamic (cortex to thalamus), corticorubral (cortex to red nucleus), corticopontine (cortex to nuclei of the pons), cortico-olivary (cortex to olivary nucleus) and corticoreticular (cortex to reticular formation) fibers. |
 | | This pathway, which originates mainly from the pre- and postcentral gyri, is somatotopically organized in such a manner that areas representing the forelimb terminate in the nucleus cuneatus and areas representing the hindlimb terminate in the nucleus gracilis. |
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