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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 7.
Published in final edited form as: Neuron. 2012 Jun 7;74(5):777–791. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.05.006

Figure 7. Brainstem Motor Pathways: Rubrospinal, Reticulospinal and Vestibulospinal tracts.

Figure 7

A–C: Retrogradely labeled neurons in the brainstem after injections of true blue into the spinal cord of a mouse. (A) red nucleus; (B) vestibular nucleus; (C) locus ceruleus and Barrington’s nucleus. D–F illustrate BDA labeled axons after a large injection of BDA into the brainstem of a mouse. RuST, rubrospinal axons; RST, reticulospinal axons; VST, vestibulospinal axons. Note collaterals extending from the RuST into the gray matter in E. Collaterals in F are likely from the RST or VST. Scale bars = 250μm.