Lenticular fasciculus

Lenticular fasciculus

The image shows dopaminergic pathways of the human brain in normal condition (left) and Parkinsons Disease (right). Red Arrows indicate suppression of the target, blue arrows indicate stimulation of target structure. (Lenticular fasciculus visible but not labeled, as red line from GPi to THA.)
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Identifiers
Latin fasciculus lenticularis
NeuroNames hier-424
NeuroLex ID Lenticular fasciculus
Dorlands
/Elsevier
f_03/12355994
TA A14.1.08.664
A14.1.09.521
FMA 61976

Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The lenticular fasciculus is a tract connecting the globus pallidus to the thalamic fasciculus. It is synonymous with field H2 of Forel. The thalamic fasciculus is (composed of the lenticular fasciculus and ansa lenticularis) runs into the thalamus. It connects the globus pallidus to the thalamus.

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