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Anterolateral pathway - modalities

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Crude touch
Nociception
Temperature
… from contralateral body

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Dorsal column pathway - modalities

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Discrete touch
Pressure
Vibration
Conscious proprioception 
... from ipsilateral upper limb (cuneatus) and lower limb (gracilis)
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Anterolateral pathway - location of 1st order neuron cell body

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Dorsal root ganglion

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Dorsal column pathway - location of 1st order neuron cell body

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Dorsal root ganglion

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Anterolateral pathway - location of 2nd order neuron cell body

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Dorsal horn of spinal cord

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Dorsal column pathway - location of 2nd order neuron cell body

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Nucleus gracilis and nucleus cuneatus

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Anterolateral pathway - location of 3rd order neuron cell body

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VPL of thalamus

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Dorsal column pathway - location of 3rd order neuron cell body

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VPL of thalamus

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Anterolateral pathway - location of decussation

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Spinal cord via and anterior white commissure

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Dorsal column pathway - location of decussation

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Caudal medulla

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Anterolateral pathway - somatotopic organisation

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New fibres join at the anteromedial edge - sacral most lateral, cervical most medial

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Dorsal column pathway - somatotopic organisation

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New fibres joint at the lateral edge - cervical most lateral, sacral most medial

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Anterolateral pathway - location of final synapse

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Primary somatosensory cortex - postcentral gyrus

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Dorsal column pathway - location of final synapse

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Primary somatosensory cortex - postcentral gyrus

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Anterolateral pathway - contributing fasciculi

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1 - anterolateral fasciculus

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Dorsal column pathway - contributing fasciculi

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2 - fasciculus gracilis (medial) and fasciculus cuneatus (lateral)

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Spinal trigeminothalamic - modality

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Nociception

Temperature

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Chief sensory trigeminothalamic - modality

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Discriminative touch

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Spinal trigeminothalamic - location of 1st order neuron cell body

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Trigeminal ganglion

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Chief sensory trigeminothalamic - location of 1st order neuron cell body

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Trigeminal ganglion

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Spinal trigeminothalamic - location of 2nd order neuron cell body

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Spinal nucleus - medulla

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Chief sensory trigeminothalamic - location of 2nd order neuron cell body

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Chief sensory nucleus - pons

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Spinal trigeminothalamic - location of 3rd order neuron cell body

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VPM of thalamus

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Chief sensory trigeminothalamic - location of 3rd order neuron cell body

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VPM of thalamus

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Spinal trigeminothalamic - location of decussation

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Chief sensory trigeminothalamic - location of decussation

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Posterior spinocerebellar - function

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Subconcsious proprioception of trunk and ipsilateral LL

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Cuneocerebellar - function

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Subconscious proprioception of ipsilateral UL

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Anterior spinocerebellar - function

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Compares incoming proprioception from LL with descending input to lower motor neurons

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Posterior spinocerebellar - location of 1st order neuron cell body

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Dorsal root ganglion

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Cuneocerebellar - location of 1st order neuron cell body

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Dorsal root ganglion

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Anterior spinocerebellar - location of 1st order neuron cell body

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Dorsal root ganglion

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Posterior spinocerebellar - location of 2nd order neuron cell body

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Clarke’s nucleus (C8-L3)

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Cuneocerebellar - location of 2nd order neuron cell body

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Accessory cuneate nucleus (medulla)

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Anterior spinocerebellar - location of 2nd order neuron cell body

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Spinal border cells (ventral horn of spinal cord)

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Posterior spinocerebellar - enters cerebellum via

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Inferior cerebellar peduncle

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Cuneocerebellar - enters cerebellum via

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Inferior cerebellar peduncle

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Anterior spinocerebellar - enters cerebellum via

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Superior cerebellar peduncle

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Posterior spinocerebellar - 2nd order neuron ascends in …

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Lateral funiculus

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Cuneocerebellar - 1st order neurons ascends in…

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Fasciculus cuneatus

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Anterior spinocerebellar - decussaates

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In spinal cord after synapse with 2nd order neuron in spinal border cells
Again in the cerebellum

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