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A hemisection, however, will leave spinal cord tracts intact on one side.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Below the hemisection, pain stimuli will be perceived in the damaged side, but not fine touch.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The spinothalamic pathway decussates immediately upon entering the spinal cord and ascends contralateral to the source; it would therefore bypass the hemisection.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The pain fibers on the side with motor function cross the midline in the spinal cord and ascend in the contralateral lateral column as far as the hemisection.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Mistaking painful stimuli for light touch, or vice versa, may point to errors in ascending projections, such as in a hemisection of the spinal cord that might come from a motor vehicle accident.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013