Lenticular fasciculus

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Brain: Lenticular fasciculus
Latin	fasciculus lenticularis
NeuroNames	hier-424
Dorlands/Elsevier	f_03/12355994

The lenticular fasciculus is a component of the subthalamus. It is sometimes considered synonymous with "field H2 of Forel".

It connects the globus pallidus to the thalamus.

External links

• http://www.endotext.org/neuroendo/neuroendo3b/neuroendo3b_2.htm (see figure #12)

v • d • e Brain: diencephalon
Epithalamus	Pineal body • Habenula (Habenular nuclei) • Stria medullaris • Habenular trigone
Thalamus/nuclei	paired: AN • Ventral (VA/VL, VP/VPM/VPL) • Lateral (Pulvinar) • Metathalamus (MG, LG) midline: MD • Intralaminar (Centromedian) • Midline nuclear group • Interthalamic adhesion • Medullary laminae surface: reticular tracts to thalamus: Mammillothalamic tract • Thalamic fasciculus • Lenticular fasciculus • Ansa lenticularis • Medial lemniscus • Trigeminal lemniscus • Spinothalamic tract • Lateral lemniscus
Hypothalamus	autonomic zones: Anterior (parasympathetic/heat loss) • Posterior (sympathetic/heat conservation) endocrine - posterior pituitary: magnocellular/Paraventricular/Supraoptic (oxytocin/vasopressin) endocrine - other: parvocellular/Arcuate (dopamine/GHRH) • Preoptic (GnRH) • Suprachiasmatic (melatonin) emotion: Lateral (hunger) • Ventromedial (satiety) • Dorsomedial (rage) surface: Median eminence/Tuber cinereum • Mammillary body • Infundibulum tracts: Medial forebrain bundle Pituitary: (Posterior is diencephalon, but anterior is glandular)
Subthalamus	Subthalamic nucleus • Zona incerta

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