Alternative Content 5.2: Ascending Pain Pathways in the CNS

Pons

Periaqueductal gray

Somatosensory cortex (S1)

A? and C fibers

Spinothalamic tract

Thalamic nuclei

Dorsal root ganglion

Cingulate cortex

Medulla

Textbook Reference: Pain: The Body's Emergency Signaling System

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