Retroflex fasciculus

Fasciculus retroflexus

Definition

Juliette Garnodier

The fasciculus retroflexus is a tract that conveys information from limbic structures via the medial habenular nucleus to the interpeduncular nucleus, participating in the modulation of the raphe nuclei and, indirectly, of mood.

References

  • Evans HE, de Lahunta A. Miller’s anatomy of the dog, 4th edition, Elsevier Saunders, St Louis, 2012.