Acoustic radiation; Geniculotemporal fibres
Radiatio acustica; Fibrae geniculotemporales
Definition
The acoustic radiations are structures found in the brain, in the ventral cochlear pathway, a part of the auditory system. Acoustic radiation arising in the medial geniculate nucleus and end in primary auditory cortex. Lesions to the auditory radiations could be a cause of cortical deafness.
References