Fornix

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Fornix

Name:	Fornix
Description:	White matter structure carrying axons connecting the hippocampal formation to other brain regions. It is typically divided into the columns (crus), body, commissure and the pre-commissural and post-commissural fornix (MM).
Is part of:	white matter, hippocampal formation
Super-category:	Regional part of brain
Id:	birnlex_705
Link to OWL / RDF:	Download this content as OWL/RDF

Neuronames ID ( what's this?):	250

Axons in Fornix

Dentate gyrus trilaminar interneuron are neurons or parts of neurons whose axons can be found in Fornix or its parts.

Externally Sourced Definition: Prominent white matter structure containing axons that connect hippocampus to the hypothalamus and septal nuclei. (http://www.sylvius.com/?s=052). It is divided into several subregions which include the body, crux and columns.

This visualization was created by the Scalable Brain Atlas group and is based on the Rhesus Monkey - Paxinos et al. 2000

Created	15 July 2006 +
CurationStatus	uncurated +
Definition	White matter structure carrying axons connecting the hippocampal formation to other brain regions. It is typically divided into the columns (crus), body, commissure and the pre-commissural and post-commissural fornix (MM).
DefinitionSource	The Sylvius Project defSource +
ExternallySourcedDefinition	Prominent white matter structure containing axons that connect hippocampus to the hypothalamus and septal nuclei. (http://www.sylvius.com/?s=052). It is divided into several subregions which include the body, crux and columns.
Has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki.	PONS brain region +
Id	birnlex_705 +
Is part of	White matter +, and Hippocampal formation +
Label	Fornix +
ModifiedDate	27 April 2012 +
NeuronamesLink	http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/Scripts/hiercentraldirectory.aspx?ID=250 +
SuperCategory	Regional part of brain +
Umlscui	C0152334 +