Nervous Pathways
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
This article from the 1928–1936 Great Medical Encyclopedia defines nervous pathways as groups of nerve fibers in the central nervous system sharing structural and functional characteristics. It describes how these pathways are formed primarily by fibers from multiple sequentially combined neurons and categorizes them by function into association, commissural, projection, and reflex fibers.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
NERVOUS PATHWAYS, nerve fibers in the central nervous system, united by a system of common morphological structure and function, and located closely adjacent to one another. The formation of nervous pathways involves mostly fibers belonging not to a single neuron, but to two or three successively combined neurons. According to their function, they are divided into association fibers (see), commissural fibers (see), projection fibers (see), and reflex fibers (see Spinal Cord).
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“Nervous Pathways.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/nervous-pathways/