Rubro-olivary tract

Part of the nervous system

Rubro-olivary tract
Details
Identifiers
Latin	Fibrae rubroolivares
NeuroNames	1419
TA98	A14.1.04.135 A14.1.06.214
TA2	5870
FMA	77050
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The rubro-olivary tract (rubroolivary fibers^[1]) is a tract which connects the inferior olive and the parvocellular red nucleus.

It is hypothesized that it uses both the corticospinal tract and rubrospinal tract.^[2]

References

^ "Rubroolivary fibers".
^ Kennedy PR (December 1990). "Corticospinal, rubrospinal and rubro-olivary projections: a unifying hypothesis". Trends Neurosci. 13 (12): 474–479. doi:10.1016/0166-2236(90)90079-P. PMID 1703677. S2CID 4012758.

Anatomy of the medulla

Grey matter

Cranial nuclei

afferent:	Solitary nucleus tract Dorsal respiratory group Gustatory nucleus Vestibular nuclei Lateral Medial Inferior
efferent:	Hypoglossal nucleus Nucleus ambiguus Dorsal nucleus of vagus nerve Inferior salivatory nucleus

Dorsal

Ventral

Dorsal	Sensory Sensory decussation Medial lemniscus Juxtarestiform body Ascending dorsal longitudinal fasciculus Medial longitudinal fasciculus Motor Descending dorsal longitudinal fasciculus Medial longitudinal fasciculus
Ventral	Descending tracts Olivocerebellar tract Rubro-olivary tract

Surface

Front	Pyramid Anterior median fissure Anterolateral sulcus Olive Inferior olivary nucleus
Back	Posterior median sulcus Posterolateral sulcus Area postrema Vagal trigone Hypoglossal trigone Medial eminence Inferior cerebellar peduncle

Anatomy of the midbrain

Tectum
(Dorsal)

Sensory / ascending	Spinotectal tract Central tegmental tract
Motor / descending	Tectospinal tract

Peduncle
(Ventral)

Sensory / ascending	Lemnisci Medial Lateral Ascending MLF Vestibulo-oculomotor fibers Spinothalamic tract Anterior trigeminothalamic tract Dentatothalamic tract
Motor / descending	Rubrospinal tract Rubro-olivary tract Descending MLF

cranial nuclei	GSA Mesencephalic GSE Oculomotor nucleus Trochlear nucleus GVE Edinger–Westphal nucleus
Ventral tegmental area	Rostromedial tegmental nucleus
Periaqueductal gray Red nucleus Rostral interstitial nucleus of medial longitudinal fasciculus Parabrachial area Interpeduncular nucleus
Midbrain reticular formation	dorsal tegmental nucleus Raphe nuclei dorsal Reticulotegmental nucleus

Base

White / Cerebral crus	Corticospinal tract Corticobulbar tract Corticopontine tract Frontopontine fibers Temporopontine fibers
Grey / Substantia nigra	Pars compacta Pars reticulata
Surface	Superior cerebellar peduncle Decussation Interpeduncular fossa