Medial forebrain bundle

Medial forebrain bundle
Brain: Medial forebrain bundle
Latin fasciculus medialis telencephali
NeuroNames hier-416
MeSH Medial+Forebrain+Bundle
NeuroLex ID birnlex_908

The Medial forebrain bundle (MFB), is a complex bundle of axons coming from the basal olfactory regions, the periamygdaloid region, and the septal nuclei.

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Anatomy

It passes to the lateral hypothalamus, with some carrying on into the tegmentum. It contains both ascending and descending fibers. It also represents a part of the mesolimbic pathway, carrying information between the ventral tegmentum and the nucleus accumbens.

Function

It is commonly accepted that the MFB is a part of the reward system, involved in the integration of reward and pleasure.[1]

Electrical stimulation of the medial forebrain bundle is believed to cause sensations of pleasure. This hypothesis is based upon intracranial self-stimulation (ICSS) studies. Animals will work for MFB ICSS, and humans report that MFB ICSS is intensely pleasurable.[citation needed] This is most likely because the medial forebrain bundle carries information from the ventral tegmental area (VTA) to the nucleus accumbens (nAcc or Acb). The nAcc is a recognized reward center, and activation of the pathway from the VTA to the nAcc is believed to be rewarding, which is why it is sometimes referred to as the hedonic highway.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hernandez G, Hamdani S, Rajabi H, et al. (August 2006). "Prolonged rewarding stimulation of the rat medial forebrain bundle: neurochemical and behavioral consequences". Behav. Neurosci. 120 (4): 888–904. doi:10.1037/0735-7044.120.4.888. PMID 16893295. http://content.apa.org/journals/bne/120/4/888. 
  2. ^ The Owner's Manual for the Brain: Everyday Applications from Mind-Brain Research, 3rd ed. 2006. Austin: Bard Press. ISBN 1885167644

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v · d · eHuman brain: diencephalon (TA A14.1.08, GA 9.807)
Epithalamus
Surface
Thalamus
Surface
Stria medullaris of thalamus · Thalamic reticular nucleus · Taenia thalami

paired: AN · Ventral (VA/VL, VP/VPM/VPL) · Lateral (LD, LP, Pulvinar nuclei) · Metathalamus (MG, LG)

midline: MD · Intralaminar (Centromedian) · Midline nuclear group · Interthalamic adhesion
Hypothalamus
Surface
Autonomic zones
Anterior (parasympathetic/heat loss) · Posterior (sympathetic/heat conservation)
afferent (SN → Medial forebrain bundle) · efferent (Mammillothalamic fasciculus → AN, Stria terminalis → Amygdala, Dorsal longitudinal fasciculus → SC)
Posterior is diencephalon, but anterior is glandular
Subthalamus
Ventricular system:
Third ventricle

recesses: (Optic recess, Infundibular recess, Suprapineal recess, Pineal recess)

Hypothalamic sulcus · Tela chorioidea of third ventricle

Subfornical organ

Apertures: Interventricular/Monro

Posterior commissure

M: CNS

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proc, drug(N1A/2AB/C/3/4/7A/B/C/D)
v · d · eSensory system: Olfactory system / Olfaction / Rhinencephalon (TA 15.1, GA 10.992)
Olfactory epithelium
Olfactory glands · Olfactory mucosa · Sustentacular cell
Olfactory nerve: 1° neuron
Olfactory nerve: 2° neuron
Lateral olfactory stria/
Primary olfactory cortex

Piriform cortex · EC-hippocampus system (Entorhinal cortex, Hippocampal formation) · Prepyriform area · Periamygdaloid cortex

Stria medullaris → Habenular nuclei

Amygdala → Stria terminalis → Hypothalamus

Medial forebrain bundle → Hypothalamus
Medial olfactory stria

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