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reticulospinal

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reticulospinal /re·tic·u·lo·spi·nal/ (-spi´n'l) pertaining to a reticular formation and the spinal cord.
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Although stroke often affects motor function via injured supraspinal circuitry, lesion location and size have varied effects on lower-limb function including gait, especially if the pathways from the SMC leading to and through the reticulospinal areas are selectively affected.
Exercise-mediated locomotor recovery and lower-limb neuroplasticity ... by Forrester, Larry W.; Wheaton, Lewis A.; Luft, Andreas R. / Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development
Abstract: Shivering is mediated via the predominantly uncrossed reticulospinal tract.
Unilateral shivering: a result of lateral medullary infarction by Gilbert, Gordon J. / Southern Medical Journal
At the level of the lesion, descending efferent corticospinal, raphespinal, reticulospinal, and coeruleospinal axons sprout and/or regenerate into the lesion cavity after incomplete contusive SCIs [18,23].
Activity-dependent plasticity in spinal cord injury by Lynskey, James V.; Belanger, Adam; Jung, Ranu / Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development
 
 
 
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