Medial mammillary nucleus
Nucleus mamillaris medialis
Definition
The medial mammillary nucleus is a nucleus located in the mammillary body, composed of small neurons organized in subnuclei, receiving axons from the hippocampus via the fornix and projecting to rostral thalamic nuclei via the mamillothalamic tract.
References
Evans HE, de Lahunta A. Miller’s anatomy of the dog, 4th edition, Elsevier Saunders, St Louis, 2012.
