The thalamic fasciculus is a component of the

subthalamus The subthalamus or prethalamus is a part of the diencephalon. Its most prominent structure is the subthalamic nucleus. The subthalamus connects to the globus pallidus, a basal nucleus of the telencephalon. Structure The subthalamus is locate ...

. It is synonymous with field H₁ of Forel. Nerve fibres form a tract containing cerebellothalamic (crossed) and pallidothalamic (uncrossed) fibres, that is insinuated between the

thalamus The thalamus (from Greek θάλαμος, "chamber") is a large mass of gray matter located in the dorsal part of the diencephalon (a division of the forebrain). Nerve fibers project out of the thalamus to the cerebral cortex in all direction ...

and the

zona incerta The zona incerta (ZI) is a horizontally elongated region of gray matter in the subthalamus below the thalamus. Its connections project extensively over the brain from the cerebral cortex down into the spinal cord. Its function is unknown, thoug ...

. The thalamic fasciculus consists of fibers from the

ansa lenticularis The ansa lenticularis (''ansa lentiformis'' in older texts) is a part of the brain, making up the superior layer of the substantia innominata. Its fibers, derived from the medullary lamina of the lentiform nucleus, pass medially to end in the thal ...

and from the lenticular fasciculus, coming from different portions of the medial globus pallidus, before they jointly enter the

ventral anterior nucleus The ventral anterior nucleus (VA) is a nucleus of the thalamus. It acts with the anterior part of the ventral lateral nucleus to modify signals from the basal ganglia. Inputs and outputs The ventral anterior nucleus receives neuronal inputs from t ...

of the

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* http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/Neuro/frames/nlDEs/nl06fr.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20070419222336/http://www.endotext.org/neuroendo/neuroendo3b/neuroendo3b_2.htm (see figure #12) * https://web.archive.org/web/20080504234454/http://isc.temple.edu/neuroanatomy/lab/atlas/mdbg/ Thalamic connections {{Neuroscience-stub