Uncinate fasciculus

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Brain: Uncinate fasciculus
Diagram showing principal systems of association fibers in the cerebrum. (Uncinate fasc. visible at lower left.)
Gray's	subject #189 843
NeuroNames	hier-592

The uncinate fasciculus passes across the bottom of the lateral fissure, and unites the gyri of the frontal lobe with the anterior end of the temporal lobe.

[edit] External links

• Kubicki M, Westin C, Maier S, Frumin M, Nestor P, Salisbury D, Kikinis R, Jolesz F, McCarley R, Shenton M (2002). "Uncinate fasciculus findings in schizophrenia: a magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging study.". Am J Psychiatry 159 (5): 813–20. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.159.5.813. PMID 11986136. 
• Kier LE, Staib LH, Davis, LM, Bronen, RA (2004). "MR Imaging of the Temporal Stem: Anatomic Dissection Tractography of the Uncinate Fasciculus, Inferior Occipitofrontal Fasciculus, and Meyer’s Loop of the Optic Radiation.". Am J Neuroradiology 25: 677–691. PMID 15140705. 
• Atlas of anatomy at UMich n1a5p6 - "Dissection of the Left Hemisphere"

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v • d • e White matter fibers Association fibers Uncinate fasciculus - Cingulum - Superior longitudinal fasciculus/Arcuate fasciculus - Inferior longitudinal fasciculus - Inferior occipitofrontal fasciculus - Fornix (Columns of fornix, Crus of fornix) Commissural fibers Corpus callosum (Genu, Splenium, Tapetum, Rostrum) - Anterior commissure - Posterior commissure - Commissure of fornix Projection fibers (none named)