Abstract
Evidence is presented for the existence of a newly discovered double-projection spinal neuronal system, the spinocervical tract-dorsal column postsynaptic neurons. The neurons are characterized by axonal bifurcation in the cervico-thoracic junction, by branched axons traveling in the dorsal column and the dorsolateral funiculus, and by double projection to the dorsal column nuclei and the lateral cervical nucleus. The neurons, with longitudinally distributed dendritic trees and local axon collaterals, primarily originate in laminae III-V of the dorsal horn and receive innocuous and noxious inputs transmitted along the A-beta primary afferents from the periphery. These neurons are thought to be an intersection of the spinocervical tract and the dorsal column postsynaptic neurons, and to function as a nonlemniscal system in mediation and modulation of ascending sensory information, including pain.
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