Preferred Label : dorsal longitudinal fasciculus;
Uberon definition : A fiber bundle containing fibers from nuclei of the hypothalamus that project to the
dorsal tegmental nucleus and other regions of the midbrain and the pons, as well as
fibers originating in the pontine reticular formation and the medullary reticular
formation that project to the thalamus and other regions of the forebrain (Carpenter-83).
In NeuroNames it is a composite structure consisting of the dorsal longitudinal fasciculus
of hypothalamus, the dorsal longitudinal fasciculus of midbrain, the dorsal longitudinal
fasciculus of pons and the dorsal longitudinal fasciculus of medulla. (NeuroNames);
Uberon synonym : bundle of Schutz; posterior longitudinal fasciculus; fasciculus of Schutz;
Uberon related term : ventral cochlear nuclei; DLF; dorsal longitudinal fascicle; ventral division of cochlear nucleus; accessory cochlear nucleus;
Origin ID : 0003045;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
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A fiber bundle containing fibers from nuclei of the hypothalamus that project to the
dorsal tegmental nucleus and other regions of the midbrain and the pons, as well as
fibers originating in the pontine reticular formation and the medullary reticular
formation that project to the thalamus and other regions of the forebrain (Carpenter-83).
In NeuroNames it is a composite structure consisting of the dorsal longitudinal fasciculus
of hypothalamus, the dorsal longitudinal fasciculus of midbrain, the dorsal longitudinal
fasciculus of pons and the dorsal longitudinal fasciculus of medulla. (NeuroNames)
