Corticopontine fibers are projections from the
cerebral cortex
The cerebral cortex, also known as the cerebral mantle, is the outer layer of neural tissue of the cerebrum of the brain in humans and other mammals. The cerebral cortex mostly consists of the six-layered neocortex, with just 10% consistin ...
to the
pontine nuclei
Pontine may refer to:
* Having to do with the pons, a structure located in the brain stem (from ''pons'', "bridge")
* Pontine Marshes, a region of Italy near Rome
* Pontine Islands
The Pontine Islands (, also ; it, Isole Ponziane ) are an ar ...
.
Depending upon the lobe of origin, they can be classified as
frontopontine fibers
The frontopontine fibersKamali 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: 10.10 ...
,
parietopontine fibers,
temporopontine fibers
In the human nervous system the temporopontine fibers,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. 201 ...
or
occipitopontine fibers.
[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/AncilDefinition.aspx?ID=1322&questID=1322]
References
External links
Cortex->Pons->Cerebellum:
* https://www.csuchico.edu/~pmccaffrey/syllabi/CMSD%20320/362unit7.html
*
Cerebral white matter
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