A long process of a CNS neuron, that carries efferent (outgoing) action potentials from the cell body in the vestibular nucleus of the pons towards target cells in the spinal cord[GO]. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0021962 ]
Synonyms: vestibulo-spinal tract
Term information
- BAMS:vs
- Wikipedia:Vestibulospinal_tract
- TAO:0000709
- ZFA:0000709
- BIRNLEX:1643
- UMLS:C0152404 (BIRNLEX:1643)
- SCTID:369289007
- MBA:941
- neuronames:812 (BIRNLEX:1643)
- FMA:72646
uberon_slim, vertebrate_core
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vestibulospinal pathway
vestibulospinal tracts
tractus vestibulospinalis
vestibulo-spinal tracts