The spinoreticular tract is an ascending pathway in the white matter of the spinal cord, positioned closely to the lateral spinothalamic tract. The tract is from spinal cord---to reticular formation--- to thalamus.
It is responsible for automatic responses to pain, such as in the case of injury.
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