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D. Basal ganglia: afferent and E. Centers, tracts and afferents for
efferent tracts postural motor function
Motor cortex
Cerebellum Basal
ganglia

Labyrinth Proprio-
ceptors
Information of neck
on head
Efferents of position Information
motor cortex and movement about head
and trunk
angle
Motor Red Motor System II
thalamus nucleus
1
Glutamate Mes-
encephalon
Striatum Reticular
formation
Globus pallidum (GP) Plate 12.9
Pars Pars Pons
interna externa
(GPi) (GPe) GABA/SP
GABA D 1 Vestibular
nuclei Medulla
oblongata
GABA/Enk. D 2

Glu Subthalamic Spinal cord
nucleus Failure leads to parkinsonism Feedback
from
GABA DOPA Rubrospinal 2 spinal cord

Superior SNr tract Medial
colliculus SNc Lateral reticulo-
reticulo- spinal tract
spinal tract
Substantia nigra GABA/SP
(SN) Lateral
vestibulo-
Basal ganglia spinal tract
To
brain stem
Activation Inhibition Inhibition Activation

Inhibition Excitation
Flexors Extensors 327
(In parts after Delong)
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