Dentatothalamic tract

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Brain: Dentatothalamic tract
Latin	tractus dentatothalamicus
NeuroNames	hier-525

The dentatothalamic tract (or dentatorubrothalamic tract) is a tract which connects the dentate nucleus and the thalamus.^[1]

[edit] See also

• red nucleus

[edit] References

[edit] 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. PMID 8622792. 

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