Mamillothalamic tract
Tractus mamillothalamicus
Definition
The mammillothalamic tract is a bundle of axons connecting the hypothalamic mammillary nuclei to the rostral group of thalamic nuclei, involved in transmitting information essential for working memory and the limbic and hypothalamo-thalamo-cortical circuits.
References
Evans HE, de Lahunta A. Miller’s anatomy of the dog, 4th edition, Elsevier Saunders, St Louis, 2012.
