Aberrant pyramidal fascicles in the cat
โ Scribed by Roy L. Swank
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1934
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 261 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9967
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## 1 ST K0I)UCTTO.S A distinct circumolivary fascicle lius bccri recognized a.s a Comnion varitit ion of tltc pyramidal system by several invcstigators (Barnes, ' 01 ; Smit.h, '04, '07 ; T-Tajos, '14). Tt is formed by a group of fibers which beconie separated from tlic pyramid, ewiiig 1at.crad to c
## THE CAT I n a paper 011 estciisor t o m s after spinal-cord lesions in the cat, Xmsoii, hIuir, and Xeiss ( ' 3 2 ) presented evidence that the pyramidal tract exerted an inhibitor>-influence 011 the spinal mechanism for extensor tonus. Tt is generally admitted that pyramidal lcsions in nian c\*
It has been reported (Ingram and Ranson, '32; Ingram, Barris and Ranson, '34) that bilateral lesions in the red nuclei or rubro-spinal tracts in cats produce a certain measure of ataxia, dysmetria, and increase in extensor tonus as determined by resistance to passive flexion, Other features are dela