Subthalamic fasciculus

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Brain: Subthalamic fasciculus
DA-loops in Parkinson's disease (Subthalamic fasciculus visible but not labeled.)
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The subthalamic fasciculus is a tract which connects the subthalamic nucleus and the globus pallidus.

[edit] External links

• http://isc.temple.edu/neuroanatomy/lab/atlas/dan1/
• http://www.sci.uidaho.edu/med532/subthalamus.htm

v • d • e Brain - Basal ganglia Rostral, telencephalon (corpus striatum) striatum: Putamen - Caudate nucleus lentiform nucleus: Putamen - Globus pallidus (GPe, GPi) Caudal, diencephalon Subthalamic nucleus Caudal, mesencephalon Substantia nigra (Pars compacta, Pars reticulata) Paths direct: Motor cortex → Striatum → GPi → Subthalamic fasciculus → Thalamus → Motor cortex indirect: Motor cortex → Striatum → GPe → Subthalamic nucleus → GPi → Subthalamic fasciculus → Thalamus → Motor cortex nigrostriatal pathway: Pars compacta → Striatum note: nucleus accumbens, claustrum and amygdala are considered part of basal ganglia by some sources