Ventral thalamic fasciculus

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 369185006

Ventral thalamic fasciculus

Definition

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. The thalamic fasciculus consists of the joint fibers of the ansa lenticularis and the lenticular fasciculus, coming from different portions of the medial globus pallidus, before they jointly enter the ventral lateral nucleus of the thalamus.

Also known as area subthalamica tegmentalis, pars dorsomedialis, area tegmentalis H1, area tegmentalis, pars dorsalis, area tegmentalis, pars dorsalis (Forel), campus foreli (pars dorsalis), fasciculus thalamicus, fasciculus thalamicus [h1], fasciculus thalamicus hypothalami, field H1, forel's field h1, forelli campus I, h1 bundle of Forel, h1 field of Forel, tegmental area h1, thalamic fasciculus, thalamic fasciculus [h1] — per UBERON

The Ventral thalamic fasciculus is a part of the Nervous.

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