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nerve tract - a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain

nerve pathway, pathway, tract

optic radiation, radiatio optica - a nerve pathway from the lateral geniculate body to the visual cortex

commissure - a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord

cerebral peduncle, peduncle - a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain

substantia alba, white matter - whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths

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A likely biogenetic player might be "the neuromelanin 'Amenta' nerve tract" thought to be critical in accessing the collective unconscious (King, 1990, 31).

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Further inquiry revealed that the nerve tract leading to the basolateral amygdala emanates from a nerve-cell cluster in the vMT called the xiphoid nucleus.

Scientists Find Fear, Courage Switches in Brain

Clinicians should know the vagus and recurrent laryngeal nerve tract and to recognize clinical characteristics1.

VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS: WHAT MATTERS BETWEEN IDIOPATHIC AND NON-IDIOPATHIC CASES?

Therefore, it is possible to assume that juvenile rats in this study experienced the formation of a new nerve tract network and neurofunctional restriction.

Mechanism of forelimb motor function restoration after cervical spinal cord hemisection in rats: a comparison of juveniles and adults

For the study, surgeons implanted a tiny electrode able to deliver a low-grade electrical pulse close to the fornix, a key nerve tract in brain memory circuits.

Deep brain stimulation may help those with mild Alzheimer's disease

In addition, the reliability of the reconstructed data is calculated to supply the surgeon with accurate information concerning nerve tract locations, paths, and intersections and to construct safety margins around the nerve fiber tracts.

New procedure makes brain surgery safer

The nerve tract would not have been discovered if we hadn't abandoned the usual calvarium cuts in favor of a window cut into the cadaver's head.

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