Corticopontine fibres

Tractus corticopontinus

  • Related terms: Corticopontine tract

Definition

Corticopontine fibers are projections from the cerebral cortex to the pontine nuclei.

Depending upon the lobe of origin, they can be classified as frontopontine fibers, parietopontine fibers, temporopontine fibers or occipitopontine fibers.

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