|Brain: Reticulospinal tract| |Reticulospinal tract is 2b, in
red, near center.| The sensory tract conveying information in
the opposite direction is known as the "spinoreticular tract".
The tract is divided into two parts, the medial (or pontine) and
lateral (or medullary) reticulospinal tracts (MRST and LRST).
The MRST is caudal to the Superior Colliculus and is responsible
for extensor muscles. The fibers of this tract arise from the
caudal pontine reticular nucleus and the oral pontine reticular
nucleus and project to the lamina VII and lamina VIII of the
spinal cord (BrainInfo) The LRST is rostral to the Superior
Colliculus and is responsible for the flexor muscles. The fibers
of this tract arise from the medullary reticular formation,
mostly from the gigantocellular nucleus, and descend the length
of the spinal cord in the anterior part of the lateral column.
The tract terminates in the gray spinal laminae (BrainInfo). If
the Superior Colliculus is damaged, it is called decerebration
and causes decereba