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The ciliospinal center (in Latin: centrum ciliospinale) is a structure which receives input from the pretectum, and has output to the superior cervical ganglion.
It plays a role in the control of the iris dilator muscle. It is also known as "Budge's center", or "centre".[1]
It is associated with a reflex identified by Augustus Volney Waller[2] and Julius Ludwig Budge in 1852.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ ciliospinal centre from Online Medical Dictionary. Retrieved on 2007-06-05.
- ^ A portrait in history: Augustus Volney Waller Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine - Find Articles. Retrieved on 2007-06-05.
- ^ Ikeda H, Aruga T, Hayashi M, Miyake Y, Sugimoto K, Mastumoto K (1999). "Two cases in which the presence of ciliospinal response led to indecisiveness in the evaluation of brain death" (in Japanese). No To Shinkei 51 (2): 161–6. PMID 10198906.
