Alternative Content 5.2: Ascending Pain Pathways in the CNS

Pons

A? and C fibers

Periaqueductal gray

Medulla

Spinothalamic tract

Thalamic nuclei

Somatosensory cortex (S1)

Dorsal root ganglion

Cingulate cortex

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

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