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The red nucleus and the ipsilateral inferior olivary nucleus are connected via the central tegmental tract, and the dentate nucleus connects to the contralateral red nucleus through the superior cerebellar peduncle.
The Red Nucleus is situated between the Cerebral Aqueduct and the Substantia Nigra.
1-3) The efferent pathway of these cold-sensitive preoptic neurons traverses the median forebrain bundle to terminate in the posterior hypothalamus, where axons proceed caudally through the mid-brain dorsolateral to the red nucleus to reach reticulospinal neurons located within the reticular formation of both the pons and medulla.
 
 
 
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