Medial Forebrain Bundle System

Hierarchy level in atlas is 3: 2 superstructures include it.

abbreviation: mfbs

Abbreviation

mfbs

Species

Rat

Description of part

This "system" is meant to include the medial forebrain bundle as it is traditionally viewed (Gurdjian 1925; Nauta and Haymaker 1969; Nieuwenhuys et al. 1982), its extension through the brainstem into the spinal cord (e.g., Saper et al. 1976b; Swanson and McKellar 1979), and the major fiber tracts that feed into and out of it.

Part type

fiber tract

Nomenclature

Swanson-2004

Endorsement

The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is not endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.

Reference

Author: Swanson L.W.
Title of Book: Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain. Third Edition
Year: 2004
Pages: 166-179
Edition: third
Publisher: Elsevier