Lateral Corticospinal Tract (LCST)

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Affiliations

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Corticospinal tract1{fig-openstax-fig14.28}

Primary ascending tract that relays signals for voluntary movement

Important

Important in inhibition of Muscle spindle stretch reflex. The Corticospinal tract originates from the motor cortex and is an inhibitory tract of the muscle stretch reflex which impacts muscle tone.

References

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Betts JG, Blaker W. Anatomy and Physiology. 2nd ed. OpenStax; 2022. https://openstax.org/details/books/anatomy-and-physiology-2e/?Book%20details
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O’Sullivan SB, Schmitz TJ, Fulk GD, eds. Physical Rehabilitation. 7th ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2019.
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Ganguly J, Kulshreshtha D, Almotiri M, Jog M. Muscle Tone Physiology and Abnormalities. Toxins. 2021;13(4):282. doi:10.3390/toxins13040282

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