Collaterals of primate spinothalamic tract neurons to the periaqueductal gray

Collateral projections are an important feature of the organization of ascending projections from the spinal cord to the brain. Primate spinothalamic tract (STT) neurons with collaterals to the periaqueductal gray (PAG) were studied by means of a fluorescent double‐labeling method. Granular Blue and rhodamine‐labeled latex microspheres were placed in the ventral posterior lateral (VPL) nucleus of the thalamus and the periaqueductal gray, respectively. Single and double labeled neurons were studied in the upper cervical cord, cervical enlargement, thoracic cord, lumbar enlargement, and sacral segments.

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