Thalamic fasciculus

Thalamic fasciculus

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The thalamic fasciculus is a component of the subthalamus. It is sometimes considered synonymous with "field H1 of Forel". Nerve fibres forming a composite bundle containing cerebellothalamic (crossed) and pallidothalamic (uncrossed) fibres that is insinuated between the thalamus and zona incerta.

External links

* http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/Neuro/frames/nlDEs/nl06fr.htm
* http://www.endotext.org/neuroendo/neuroendo3b/neuroendo3b_2.htm (see figure #12)
* http://isc.temple.edu/neuroanatomy/lab/atlas/mdbg/


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