Hypothalamospinal tract

Hypothalamospinal tract
Hypothalamospinal tract
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Identifiers
Latin	tractus hypothalamospinalis
TA98	A14.1.05.329
TA2	6098
FMA	77482
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The hypothalamospinal tract is an unmyelinated^[1] non-decussated^[2] descending nerve tract that arises in the hypothalamus and projects to the brainstem and spinal cord to synapse with pre-ganglionic autonomic (both sympathetic and parasympathetic) neurons.

The direct autonomic projections of the hypothalamospinal tract represent a minority of the autonomic output of the hypothalamus; most is thought to project to various relay structures.^[3]

^ Kiernan, John A.; Rajakumar, Nagalingam (2013). Barr's The Human Nervous System: An Anatomical Viewpoint (10th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 74, 278. ISBN 978-1-4511-7327-7.
^ Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York: Elsevier. p. 409. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.
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[:2-1] Kiernan, John A.; Rajakumar, Nagalingam (2013). Barr's The Human Nervous System: An Anatomical Viewpoint (10th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 74, 278. ISBN 978-1-4511-7327-7.

[:22422-2] Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York: Elsevier. p. 409. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.

[:1-3] Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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