bulbo-spinal tract

Term ID

ZFA:0000626

Synonyms

tractus bulbospinalis

Definition

Brainstem and spinal tract which emerges medial to the caudal intermediate reticular formation and runs caudally along the medial edge of the inferior reticular formation. It is displaced laterally and associates with other tracts in the dorsal part of the funiculus lateralis immediately prior to reaching the spinal cord. The bulbo-spinal tract carries descending spinal projections. From Neuroanatomy of the Zebrafish Brain. 3764351209

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