Preferred Label : mammillary peduncle;
Uberon definition : White matter bundle in the posterior hypothalamus containing ascending afferent fibers
to the mammillary bodies from the ventral and dorsal tegmental nuclei (Brodal, Neurological
Anatomy, 3rd ed., 1981, pg 671).;
Uberon synonym : peduncle of mammillary body;
Uberon related term : mammillary peduncle (Meynert);
Uberon broad term : MPE;
Origin ID : 0002720;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
- part of
White matter bundle in the posterior hypothalamus containing ascending afferent fibers
to the mammillary bodies from the ventral and dorsal tegmental nuclei (Brodal, Neurological
Anatomy, 3rd ed., 1981, pg 671).
