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What part of the spinal cord is in charge for pain and temperature?
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Incoming pain, temperature and crude touch sensations from the body enters the spinal cord via pseudounipolar neurons through the posterior rootlets of each spinal nerve. Once entering the spinal cord, these neurons travel up and down 1-2 vertebral segments within the dorsal lateral tract (tract of lissauer) before they synapse onto secondary neurons. The secondary neurons cross to the other side of the spinal cord (decussate) through the anterior white commissure, and then travel up to the brainstem within the spinothalamic tract. Once in the brainstem, these neurons synapse onto the thalamus at various nuclei. From the thalamus, this sensory information is sent to various regions of the brain where it is interpreted consiously.
Pain, temperature and crude touch sensation from the face follows a similar route, except that the secondary neurons travel to the thalamus within the contralateral trigeminal lemniscus.
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