2-Minute Neuroscience: Pain and the Anterolateral System

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In my 2-Minute Neuroscience videos I simplistically explain neuroscience topics in 2 minutes or less. In this video, I discuss pain and the anterolateral system. I describe the three main pathways of the anterolateral system: the spinothalamic tract, spinoreticular, and spinomesencephalic tracts. I follow the route pain information takes along each of these tracts, from nociceptors to the somatosensory cortex, reticular formation, or periaqeuductal grey (depending on the tract).

[Video and text source: Neuroscientifically Challenged You Tube channel]