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nerve tract
(redirected from nerve pathway)

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nerve tract [′nərv ‚trakt]
(neuroscience)
A bundle of nerve fibers having the same general origin and destination.


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Such reactions involve a simple nerve pathway controlling a specific behavior.
By observing the rodents' reaction to various painful stimuli, the researchers then determined whether the absence of this descending nerve pathway affected the ability to sense pain.
They act on nerve pathways descending from the brain that inhibit incoming messages of pain.
 
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