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Brain fornix

Known as: Fornices (Brain), Fornix, Brain, Fornix (Brain) 
Heavily myelinated fiber bundle of the TELENCEPHALON projecting from the hippocampal formation to the HYPOTHALAMUS. Some authorities consider the… 
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17 relations
Blood supply aspectsHippocampus (Brain)Mammillary body structureMicrobiological

Narrower (2)

Entire cerebral fornixFimbria of hippocampus

Broader (3)

Limbic SystemNeural PathwaysTelencephalon

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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Transmitter content and afferent connections of estrogen-sensitive progestin receptor-containing neurons in the primate hypothalamus.
Progestin receptor-containing cells in the hypothalamus of the adult female green monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) were examined… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Loss of AChE- and NGFr-labeling precedes neuronal death of axotomized septal-diagonal band neurons: Reversal by intraventricular NGF infusion
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Ontogeny of cholinergic neurons in the mouse forebrain
The development of cholinergic neurons in the mouse forebrain was studied by immunocytochemistry with a monoclonal antibody to… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Fornix transections disrupt the ontogeny of latent inhibition in the rat
In three experiments, we examined the ontogeny of latent inhibition in a conditioned taste-aversion paradigm. In the first… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Testosterone 5 alpha-reductase activity in the rat brain is highly concentrated in white matter structures and in purified myelin sheaths of axons.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Loss of GABAergic neurons in medial septum after fimbria-fornix transection
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Nerve growth factor protein level increases in the adult rat hippocampus aftera specific cholinergic lesion
Nerve growth factor (NGF) is the best‐characterized neurotrophic substance and has recently been shown to influence cholinergic… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Fimbria-fornix lesion increases nerve growth factor content in adult rat septum and hippocampus
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Surgical disconnection of the cerebral hemispheres for intractable seizures. Results in infancy and childhood.
In one infant, aged 4 months, and three young children, aged 3,3, and 7 years, with life-threatening, intractable, epileptic… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Inhibition of cortically-elicited movement by electrical stimulation of the hippocampus.
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