Occipitofrontal fasciculus

Occipitofrontal fasciculus
	Tractography showing occipitofrontal fasciculus
Details
Identifiers
Latin	fasciculus occipitofrontalis inferior
NeuroNames	1442
TA	A14.1.09.561; A14.1.09.562
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The occipitofrontal fasciculus passes backward from the frontal lobe, along the lateral border of the caudate nucleus, and on the medial aspect of the corona radiata; its fibers radiate in a fan-like manner and pass into the occipital and temporal lobes lateral to the posterior and inferior cornua.

Some sources distinguish between a "Inferior occipitofrontal fasciculus" and "superior occipitofrontal fasciculus," however the latter is no longer believed to exist (in the human brain).[1]

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 844 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Meola, Antonio; Comert, Ayhan; Yeh, Fang-Cheng; Stefaneanu, Lucia; Fernandez-Miranda, Juan C. (December 2015). "The controversial existence of the human superior fronto-occipital fasciculus: Connectome-based tractographic study with microdissection validation". Human Brain Mapping. 36 (12): 4964–4971. doi:10.1002/hbm.22990. ISSN 1065-9471. PMC 4715628. PMID 26435158.

External links

Atlas image: eye_38 at the University of Michigan Health System
Türe U, Yaşargil MG, Pait TG (June 1997). "Is there a superior occipitofrontal fasciculus? A microsurgical anatomic study". Neurosurgery. 40 (6): 1226–32. doi:10.1097/00006123-199706000-00022. PMID 9179896.
Kier EL, Staib LH, Davis LM, Bronen RA (May 2004). "MR imaging of the temporal stem: anatomic dissection tractography of the uncinate fasciculus, inferior occipitofrontal fasciculus, and Meyer's loop of the optic radiation". AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 25 (5): 677–91. PMID 15140705.

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[1] Meola, Antonio; Comert, Ayhan; Yeh, Fang-Cheng; Stefaneanu, Lucia; Fernandez-Miranda, Juan C. (December 2015). "The controversial existence of the human superior fronto-occipital fasciculus: Connectome-based tractographic study with microdissection validation". Human Brain Mapping. 36 (12): 4964–4971. doi:10.1002/hbm.22990. ISSN 1065-9471. PMC 4715628. PMID 26435158.