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Spinal projections reach the brain stem via the dorsal and the lateral funiculi. The dorsal funiculus contains ascending collateral branches of spinal primary afferent (dorsal root) fibers, the lateral funiculus the spinal lemniscus and spino-cerebellar projections. The course and site of termination of spinal projections to the brain stem are shown in Fig. 22 in which the distribution of degenerating fibers and preterminal structures following a hemicordotomy at the third spinal segment is presented.
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ten Donkelaar, H.J., Bangma, G.C., Barbas-Henry, H.A., de Boer-van Huizen, R., Wolters, J.G. (1987). Spinal Projections to the Brain Stem. In: The Brain Stem in a Lizard, Varanus exanthematicus. Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 107. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72763-4_4
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