Uncinate fasciculus

Brain: Uncinate fasciculus
Diagram showing principal systems of association fibers in the cerebrum. (Unciate fasc. visible at lower left.)
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Gray's	subject #189 843
Part of
Components
Artery
Vein
BrainInfo/UW	hier-592
MeSH	[1]

The uncinate fasciculus passes across the bottom of the lateral fissure, and unites the gyri of the frontal lobe with the anterior end of the temporal lobe.

External links

• Kubicki M, Westin C, Maier S, Frumin M, Nestor P, Salisbury D, Kikinis R, Jolesz F, McCarley R, Shenton M (2002). Uncinate fasciculus findings in schizophrenia: a magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging study.. Am J Psychiatry 159 (5): 813-20. PMID 11986136.

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