Ventrolateral Hypothalamic Tract

Hierarchy level in atlas is 5: 4 superstructures include it.

abbreviation: vht

Abbreviation

vht

Species

Rat

Description of part

This tract has been named here. It corresponds at least in part to Craigie’s (1925) olfacto-hypothalamic tract and component a of the medial forebrain bundle of Nieuwenhuys et al. (1982).

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