Nuclei of lateral lemniscus
Nuclei lemnisci lateralis
- Related terms: Nuclei of lemniscus lateralis
Definition
The nuclei of lateral lemniscus are key components of the auditory (cochlear) pathway, located within the brainstem and embedded along the lateral lemniscus.
Axonal fibers from the trapezoid nuclei and the superior olivary complex either synapse within the nuclei of the lateral lemniscus or project directly to the inferior colliculus in the midbrain.
References
Snell, R.S. (2010). ‘Chapter 11: The cranial nerve nuclei and their central connections and distribution’, in Clinical Neuroanatomy. (7th ed.) Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, pp. 349-350.
