occipital pole
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The term occipital pole refers to a fiber bundle that originates in the rostral pontine reticular nucleus and the caudal pontine reticular nucleus. It descends in the ipsilateral medial longitudinal fasciculus of the pons and the medial longitudinal fasciculus of the medulla and in the anterior white column of the spinal cord, where it terminates at all levels ( Hanaway-1998 ). It is composed of the medial reticulospinal tract of the pons, the medial reticulospinal tract of the medulla and the medial reticulospinal tract of the spinal cord.
     

Also known as: medial reticulospinal tractNeuroNames ID : 1685


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