spinothalamic tract

E764629

ascending spinal cord pathway sensory pathway somatosensory tract

The spinothalamic tract is a major ascending spinal cord pathway that transmits pain, temperature, and crude touch sensations from the body to higher brain centers.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
spinothalamic tract canonical	2
anterior spinothalamic tract	1
anterolateral funiculus	1
anterolateral spinothalamic pathway	1
anterolateral system	1
lateral spinothalamic tract	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8902213 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: spinothalamic tract
Context triple: [thalamus, receivesInputFrom, spinothalamic tract]

A. arcuate fasciculus
The arcuate fasciculus is a major white matter tract in the brain that links language comprehension and production regions, playing a key role in speech and language processing.
B. Guyon
Guyon is a given name and surname of French origin, often considered a variant or diminutive of the name Guy.
C. Medúlla
Medúlla is an experimental 2004 studio album by Icelandic artist Björk that is largely constructed from vocal sounds and a cappella arrangements.
D. thalamus
The thalamus is a deep brain structure that acts as a central relay hub, processing and transmitting sensory and motor information to the cerebral cortex and playing key roles in consciousness, sleep, and attention.
E. PNS
PNS is the three-letter IATA airport code for Pensacola International Airport in Pensacola, Florida.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: spinothalamic tract
Target entity description: The spinothalamic tract is a major ascending spinal cord pathway that transmits pain, temperature, and crude touch sensations from the body to higher brain centers.

A. arcuate fasciculus
The arcuate fasciculus is a major white matter tract in the brain that links language comprehension and production regions, playing a key role in speech and language processing.
B. Guyon
Guyon is a given name and surname of French origin, often considered a variant or diminutive of the name Guy.
C. Medúlla
Medúlla is an experimental 2004 studio album by Icelandic artist Björk that is largely constructed from vocal sounds and a cappella arrangements.
D. thalamus
The thalamus is a deep brain structure that acts as a central relay hub, processing and transmitting sensory and motor information to the cerebral cortex and playing key roles in consciousness, sleep, and attention.
E. PNS
PNS is the three-letter IATA airport code for Pensacola International Airport in Pensacola, Florida.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ascending spinal cord pathway ⓘ sensory pathway ⓘ somatosensory tract ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	anterolateral spinothalamic pathway ⓘ linked to: spinothalamic tract
ascendsIn	anterolateral funiculus ⓘ linked to: spinothalamic tract
associatedWithSyndrome	Brown-Séquard syndrome ⓘ lateral medullary (Wallenberg) syndrome ⓘ
belongsToSystem	somatosensory system ⓘ
carries	nociceptive information ⓘ non-discriminative touch information ⓘ thermoreceptive information ⓘ
clinicalSignOfLesion	contralateral loss of crude touch below lesion ⓘ contralateral loss of pain below lesion ⓘ contralateral loss of temperature below lesion ⓘ
conduction	primarily contralateral ⓘ
decussatesIn	anterior white commissure of spinal cord ⓘ
decussationPattern	crosses within 1–2 spinal segments of entry ⓘ
fiberType	A-delta fibers ⓘ C fibers ⓘ
function	transmission of crude touch sensation ⓘ transmission of crude touch sensation ⓘ transmission of pain sensation ⓘ transmission of pain sensation ⓘ transmission of pressure sensation ⓘ transmission of temperature sensation ⓘ transmission of temperature sensation ⓘ
givesRiseTo	spinomesencephalic projections ⓘ spinoreticular projections ⓘ
hasPart	anterior spinothalamic tract ⓘ linked to: spinothalamic tract lateral spinothalamic tract ⓘ linked to: spinothalamic tract
locatedIn	spinal cord ⓘ
modulatedBy	descending pain control pathways ⓘ periaqueductal gray ⓘ raphe magnus nucleus ⓘ
neuronOrder	second-order neurons of pain pathway ⓘ
originatesFrom	dorsal horn of spinal cord ⓘ lamina I of Rexed ⓘ lamina II of Rexed ⓘ lamina V of Rexed ⓘ
partOf	anterolateral system ⓘ linked to: spinothalamic tract
projectsTo	thalamus ⓘ
receptorInput	free nerve endings ⓘ
relevantFor	pain perception ⓘ temperature perception ⓘ
somatotopy	sacral fibers lateral and cervical fibers medial ⓘ
terminatesIn	intralaminar nuclei of thalamus ⓘ ventral posterolateral nucleus of thalamus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited