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The spinotectal fasciculus, as its name indicates, is supposed to have its origin in the gray matter of the cord and terminations in the superior and inferior (?) colliculi of the mid-brain serving for reflexes between the cord and the visceral and auditory centers of the mid-brain.
IX. Neurology. 4d. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves 1918
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The superficial antero-lateral fasciculus (tract of Gowers) consists of four fasciculi, the ventral spinocerebellar, the lateral spinothalamic, the spinotectal and the ventral spinothalamic.
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(d) The spinotectal fasciculus is supposed to arise in the dorsal column and terminate in the (inferior?) and superior colliculi.
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