fasciculus

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Her study focused on a bundle of fibers known as the uncinate fasciculus, which connects an emotion-processing area known as the amygdala, at the bottom of the brain, with a regulatory area known as the orbital prefrontal cortex, at the front of the brain.

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  1. noun A bundle of anatomical fibers, as of muscle or nerve. Also called fascicle.

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  • "The evolution of the arcuate fasciculus revealed with comparative DTI.". —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • By using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DTI) and subsequent tractography, a perisylvian language network in the human left hemisphere recently has been identified connecting Brocas's and Wernicke's areas directly (arcuate fasciculus) and indirectly by a pathway through the inferior parietal cortex. —  BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • Taking as a starting point the selective deficits for regular inflectional morphology of a group of non-fluent patients with left hemisphere damage, we argue for a core decompositional network linking left inferior frontal cortex with superior and middle temporal cortex, connected via the arcuate fasciculus. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Abbreviations: 4 V, 4 th ventricle; Amb, ambiguus nucleus; Cb, cerebellum; g7, genu of the facial nerve; mlf, medial longitudinal fasciculus; cDPGi, caudal part of the dorsal paragigantocellular nucleus; GiV, gigantocellular reticular nucleus, ventral part; IO, inferior olive; LPGi, lateral paragigantocellular nucleus; MVe, medial vestibular nucleus; Pr, prepositus nucleus; rDPGi, rostral part of the dorsal paragigantocellular nucleus. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Abbreviations: 3, oculomotor nucleus; cp, cerebral peduncle, basal part; dlPAG, dorsolateral periaqueductal gray; dmPAG, dorsomedial periaqueductal gray; dDpMe, dorsal part of the deep mesencephalic nucleus; DpMe, deep mesencephalic nucleus; IP, interpeduncular nucleus; lPAG, lateral periaqueductal gray; ml, medial lemniscus; mlf, medial longitudinal fasciculus; PaR, pararubral nucleus; R, red nucleus; RRF, retrorubral field; SNC, substantia nigra, compact part; SNR, substantia nigra, reticular part; vlPAG, ventrolateral periaqueductal gray; VTA, ventral tegmental area. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
 

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