Optic Nerve
Hierarchy level in atlas is 1: 0 superstructures include it.
abbreviation: 2nAbbreviation
2n
Species
Mouse
Description of part
No description provided. The nomenclature was adapted from the atlas.
Part type
fiber tract
Nomenclature
Paxinos/Franklin-2001
Endorsement
The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is not endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.
Collator argument
The hierarchy of this structure was constructed using the parcellation scheme in this atlas and the rat brain atlas Swanson 1992.
Reference
Author:
Paxinos G., Franklin K.B.J.
Title of Book:
The mouse brain in stereotaxic coordinates.
Year:
2001
Pages:
15-60
Edition:
2nd
Publisher:
Academic Press
Major subparts
| Name | Type |
| optic chiasm | fiber tract |
| commissure of the superior colliculus | fiber tract |
| accessory optic tract | fiber tract |
| brachium of the superior colliculus | fiber tract |
