This descending pathway is involved in voluntary movement and uses distal muscles and flexors
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This descending pathway is involved in posture and it uses proxima/axial muscles and extensors
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A lateral pathway which is also known as the pyramidal tract. There is monosynaptic contact with alpha motor neurones which controls the distal muscles and the flexors
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A lateral pathway which takes over from the corticospinal pathway if it gets damaged. Otherwise it only has a minor role
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A ventromedial pathway which relays gravitational sensory information from the inner ear and axial muscles. It maintains the head and neck positions and also the legs
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A ventromedial pathway which relays visual sensory information in order to orientate the head and eyes in response to the stimuli
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A ventromedial pathway which enhances anti-gravity reflexes of the spinal cord - keeps the body upright
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A ventromedial pathway which frees anti-gravity muscles from reflex control to allow voluntary override in order to sit down for example (opposite of pontine reticulospinal)
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The part of the brain that has control over axial muscle tone, posture/balance, eye movement and sensory -motor integration
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This part of the brain integrates sensory and motor information, selects and initiates voluntary movement but its output to the thalamus is inhibitory
