Column of fornix
Columna fornicis
Definition
The column of the fornix, located in the rhinencephalon, is the part that, at the level of the rostral commissure, divides into a precommissural projection to the septum and rostral hypothalamus, and a postcommissural projection to the rostral thalamic nuclei and mammillary nuclei, with some axons continuing their course to the midbrain.
References
Barone R, Bortolami R. Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques, Tome 6, Neurologie I, Vigot, Paris, 2004.
Evans HE, de Lahunta A. Miller’s anatomy of the dog, 4th edition, Elsevier Saunders, St Louis, 2012.
