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Anterior limb of internal capsule
Introduction
Overview
Overview
The anterior limb of internal capsule (or frontal part) contains:
- (1) fibers running from the thalamus to the frontal lobe;
- (2) fibers connecting the lentiform and caudate nuclei;
- (3) fibers connecting the cortex with the corpus striatum; and
- (4) fibers passing from the frontal lobe through the medial fifth of the base of the cerebral peduncle to the nuclei pontis.
External links
External links
Editor-In-Chief: Template:Infobox Brain C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]