Red nucleus structure and function: from anatomy to clinical neurosciences

• Published in: Brain Structure and Function Vol. 226; no. 1; pp. 69 - 91
• Main Authors: Basile, Gianpaolo Antonio, Quartu, Marina, Bertino, Salvatore, Serra, Maria Pina, Boi, Marianna, Bramanti, Alessia, Anastasi, Giuseppe Pio, Milardi, Demetrio, Cacciola, Alberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal models; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Brain; Cell Biology; Cerebellum; Functional anatomy; Mesencephalon; Neuroimaging; Neurology; Neurosciences; Red nucleus; Review; Spinal cord; Structure-function relationships; Neuroimaging; Locomotion; Phylogenesis; Pain; Review; Skilled movements

The red nucleus (RN) is a large subcortical structure located in the ventral midbrain. Although it originated as a primitive relay between the cerebellum and the spinal cord, during its phylogenesis the RN shows a progressive segregation between a magnocellular part, involved in the rubrospinal syst...