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axon tract

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A group of axons linking two or more neuropils and having a common origin, termination[FBbt]. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/286 http://flybrain.uni-freiburg.de/Flybrain/html/terms/terms.html ]

Synonyms: neuraxis tract, tract of neuraxis, axonal tract

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

cumbo, pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000001

White matter structure of CNS that contains axons that arise predominantly in one central nervous system part and terminate in another. Tracts are generally named by their region or origin followed by their region of primary termination, e.g., mammillothalamic tract contains axons that arise from neurons in the mammillary bodies and terminate in the thalamus. (CUMBO)

comment

WP says this is the analog of peripheral nerves in CNS.

has related synonym

tract, nerve tract

has narrow synonym

nerve tract

id

UBERON:0001018

prefLabel

Tract of neuraxis