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tract
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tract

A parcel of real estate; usually refers to a large area of land.



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These reticulospinal neurons give rise to the reticulospinal tract which occupies a lateral position within the pons, medulla, and spinal cord, and is predominantly ipsilateral; (2) at every level, lesions along the reticulospinal tract abolish shivering, while no effect upon shivering has been produced by extensive medial lesions or by lesions of the pyramidal tract and periventricular areas.
Somnolence, slurred speech, amnestic dysphasia, and impaired fine motor control, but no meningism, focal signs, pyramidal tract, or sensation impairment, were observed.
3) It should also be remembered that "the great toe sign," or the Babinski reflex, does not mean a disturbance of the pyramidal tract itself, as usually thought, because this reflex could be present in patients with pure peripheral neuropathies, such as the Guillain-Barre syndrome, as well.
 
 
 
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