mammillothalamic axonal tract
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006696
A fiber pathway that originates from neurons in the posterior hypothalamic region and projects to various nuclei of the anterior nuclear group of the thalamus. It is a composite structure that consists of the mammillothalamic tract of the hypothalamus and the mammillothalamic tract of the thalamus (Carpenter-1983). (from Brain Info.org). [ NLXANAT:1010016 ]
Synonyms: fasciculus mammillothalamicus, vicq d'azyr's bundle, mammillothalamic fasciculus, mammillothalamic tract
Term info
- DHBA:10586
- NLXANAT:1010016
- DMBA:17782
- BAMS:mt
- HBA:9266
- BAMS:mtt
- FMA:83849
- neuronames:2438
- Wikipedia:Mammillothalamic_fasciculus
The mammillothalamic tract is the collection of axons that connects the two major subdivisions of the diencephalon (hypothalamus and thalamus) and closes the diencephalic circuit[GO][GO:0061374].
The mammillothalamic fasciculus arises from cells in both the medial and lateral nuclei of the mammillary body and by fibers that are directly continued from the fornix. The Mammillothalamic fasciculus then connects the mammillary body to the dorsal tegmental nuclei, the ventral tegmental nuclei, and the anterior thalamic nucleus [WP]
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UBERON:0009642
uberon
UBERON:0006696
Mammillothalamic tract, mammillothalamic axonal tract
Term relations
- tract of diencephalon
- part of some diencephalic white matter
- continuous with some hypothalamus
- continuous with some dorsal thalamus
- part of some mammillary axonal complex