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

This definition incorporates text from the wikipedia website - Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia. (2004, July 22). FL: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved August 10, 2004, from http://www.wikipedia.org

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