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% consisting o ...
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 a ...
.
Depending upon the lobe of origin, they can be classified as
frontopontine fibers,
parietopontine fibers,
temporopontine fibers 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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