motor tract


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motor tract

Any axon tract, usually running caudally in the CNS, that transmits output information.
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(b) Descending motor tracts related to the patient's intention to move will respond to excitation of the patient's intention when these neural tracts are excited to a sufficient excitation level by facilitation techniques and result in the realization of movements by the patient's intention.
Improvement and Neuroplasticity after Combined Rehabilitation to Forced Grasping
Tractography revealed that the tumor was pushing the motor tracts posteriorly.
Radiation-induced supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor after treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
This is possible because a portion of the nonpyramidal motor tracts that control muscle tone travels in an uncrossed manner from M1 and LPM to the spinal cord.
Functional brain correlates of upper limb spasticity and its mitigation following rehabilitation in chronic stroke survivors

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