 There is an untested hypothesis that claims that referred itch uses the spinocervical tract pathway.The cells in this tract lie in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord, and its axons run in the ipsilateral and dorsolateral quadrant, which is consistent with observations that stimuli in the trigger points are ipsilateral to the sites of referred sensations.These axons project to the thalamus and midbrain, suggesting that the thalamus is involved in the phenomenon.