The dorsal trigeminal tract (dorsal trigeminothalamic tract, or lemniscus) is a tract which receives signals from Meissner's corpuscles and Pacinian corpuscles. this tract arises from Principal trigeminal nucleus and terminates in the VPM nucleus of the thalamus. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsal_trigeminal_tract ]
Synonyms: dorsal trigeminal lemniscus posterior trigeminothalamic tract dorsal division of trigeminal lemniscus dorsal trigeminal pathway dorsal secondary ascending tract of v dorsal secondary tract of v uncrossed dorsal trigeminothalamic tract reticulothalamic tract dorsal ascending trigeminal tract tractus trigeminothalamicus posterior dorsal trigeminothalamic tract
Term information
- BIRNLEX:1718
- Wikipedia:Dorsal_trigeminal_tract
- DHBA:12736
- BAMS:tth
- BAMS:d5
- UMLS:C0175459 (BIRNLEX:1718)
- FMA:72500
- neuronames:606 (BIRNLEX:1718)
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This tract arises from Principal trigeminal nucleus and terminates in the ipsilateral VPM nucleus of the thalamus.[WP]
dorsal trigmino-thalamic tract
tractus trigeminalis dorsalis
tractus trigemino-thalamicus dorsalis
dorsal secondary ascending tract of V
dorsal trigemino-thalamic tract