reticulospinal tracts may facilitate or inhibit the activity of the alpha and gamma
motor neurons in the anterior gray columns and may, therefore, facilitate or inhibit
voluntary movement or reflex activity.
tectospinal tract (Fig. 4-20) is concerned with reflex postural movements in
response to visual stimuli. Those fibers that are associated with the sympathetic
neurons in the lateral gray column are concerned with the pupillodilation reflex in
response to darkness.
The rubrospinal tract (Fig. 4-20) acts on both the alpha and gamma motor neurons
in the anterior gray columns and facilitates the activity of flexor muscles and inhibits
the activity of extensor or antigravity muscles.
The vestibulospinal tract (Fig. 4-20), by acting on the motor neurons in the anterior
gray columns, facilitates the activity of the extensor muscles, inhibits the activity of
the flexor muscles, and is concerned with the postural activity associated with balance