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Dentatothalamic tract

Brain structure

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 28, 2025
Entity authorityQ5259463 ↗
Source-derived summary

The dentatothalamic tract (or dentatorubrothalamic tract) is a tract which originates in the dentate nucleus, follows the ipsilateral superior cerebellar peduncle, decussates later on reaching the contralateral red nucleus and the contralateral thalamus.

The term "dentatorubrothalamocortical" is sometimes used to emphasize termination in the cerebral cortex.

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See also

Cerebellothalamic tract

Red nucleus

References

External links

Krauss JK, Wakhloo AK, Nobbe F, Tränkle R, Mundinger F, Seeger W (December 1995). "Lesion of dentatothalamic pathways in severe post-traumatic tremor". Neurol. Res. 17 (6): 409–16. doi:10.1080/01616412.1995.11740353. PMID 8622792.

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This entry incorporates text from “Dentatothalamic tract” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.