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dorsal trigeminal tract
- Term ID
- UBERON:0002797
- Synonyms
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- dorsal secondary ascending tract of V
- dorsal secondary tract of v
- dorsal trigemino-thalamic tract
- dorsal trigmino-thalamic tract
- tractus trigeminalis dorsalis
- tractus trigemino-thalamicus dorsalis
- Definition
- 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
- References
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- BAMS:d5
- BAMS:tth
- DHBA:12736
- UMLS:C0175459
- birnlex:1718
- http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=606
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsal_trigeminal_tract
- http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0175459
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