dorsal longitudinal fasciculus

dor·sal lon·gi·tu·di·nal fas·cic·u·lus

[TA]

a bundle of thin, poorly myelinated nerve fibers reciprocally connecting the periventricular zone of the hypothalamus with ventral parts of the central gray substance of the midbrain.

Synonym(s): fasciculus longitudinalis posterior [TA], Schütz bundle, tract of Schütz

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Schütz,

Hugo, early 20th century German neurologist anatomist.

Schütz bundle - thin, poorly myelinated nerve fibers reciprocally connecting the periventricular zone of the hypothalamus with ventral parts of the central gray substance of the midbrain. Synonym(s): dorsal longitudinal fasciculus

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