Mammillothalamic axonal tract

System Nervous

Mammillothalamic axonal tract

Definition

A fiber pathway that originates from neurons in the posterior hypothalamic region and projects to various nuclei of the anterior nuclear group of the thalamus. It is a composite structure that consists of the mammillothalamic tract of the hypothalamus and the mammillothalamic tract of the thalamus (Carpenter-1983). (from Brain Info.org).

Also known as fasciculus mammillothalamicus, mammillothalamic fasciculus, mammillothalamic tract, vicq d'azyr's bundle — per UBERON

The Mammillothalamic axonal tract is a part of the Nervous.