an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies
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fornix::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | trigonum cerebrale |
| Type of | fibre bundle, fascicle, fasciculus, fiber bundle |
fornix::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | body part |
Examples of fornix
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Fornix The fornix is the main output pathway from the hippocampus to the mammillary bodies.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The trial of DBS came about, Smith reports, when Lozano used DBS of the fornix to treat an obese man.
From the sciencedaily.com
The surgery involves drilling holes into the skull to implant wires into the fornix on either side of the brain.
From the sciencedaily.com
The fornix is essential in transmitting information to the hippocampus, a structure believed to play an important role in memory synthesis and learning.
From the infowars.com
Researchers have known for decades that they can make rats forgetful by creating lesions in their fornix, a bundle of nerves in the brain connected to the hippocampus.
From the newscientist.com
But rats with lesions on their fornix only remember to avoid the dark chamber for a few hours, suggesting that they can form short-term memories but not long-term ones.
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- Generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space)
- An arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies
- An archlike structure or fold; Specifically, the arched bundle of fibres or axons at the base of the brain
- An axon tract, best seen from the medial surface of the divided brain, that interconnects the hypothalamus and hippocampus.
- Latin = arch (hence fornication, because the Roman prostitutes plied their profession beneath the arches of the bridges over the river Tiber).
- The major efferent fiber tract arising from the hippocampal formation. It is the direct continuation of the alveus and the fimbria. Below the splenium of the corpus callosum, these structures become the crus of the fornix. ...
- A large fiber bundle that contains output axons leaving the hippocampus.
- L. = a cellar, a vault, the arch of a vault, a prostitute's cellar or brothel (hence fornication); conjuctival fornix = recess where palpebral conjunctiva joins to bulbar conjunctiva; vaginal fornices = vaults surrounding intravaginal part of cervix; fornix of the brain = arched bundle of fibres.
- The fold where the eye meets the eyelid.
