Frontopontine fibers

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Frontopontine fibers
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Tractography of frontopontine fibers
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Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The frontopontine fibers [1] are situated in the medial fifth of the base of the cerebral peduncles; they arise from the cells of the frontal lobe and then pass through the anterior limb of internal capsule at last end in the nuclei of the pons.

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The frontopontine tract (tractus frontopontinus) refers to the combination of the fibers.

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References

PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text in the public domain from page 802 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. Kamali A, Kramer LA, Frye RE, Butler IJ, Hasan KM. Diffusion tensor tractography of the human brain cortico-ponto-cerebellar pathways: a quantitative preliminary study. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2010 Oct;32(4):809-17. doi: 10.1002/jmri.22330. PMID   20882611