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MeSH Heading: Fornix, Brain
Tree Number(s): A08.186.211.180.405.600; A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.345.600
Unique ID: D020712
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020712
Scope Note: Heavily myelinated fiber bundle of the TELENCEPHALON projecting from the hippocampal formation to the HYPOTHALAMUS. Some authorities consider the fornix part of the LIMBIC SYSTEM. The fimbria starts as a flattened band of axons arising from the subiculum and HIPPOCAMPUS, which then thickens to form the fornix.
Entry Term(s): Commissura Hippocampi; Commissure of Fornix; Dorsal Hippocampal Commissure; Fimbria (Brain); Fimbria of Hippocampus; Fimbria, Brain; Fimbria-Fornix; Fornical Commissure; Fornix (Brain); Fornix-Fimbria; Hippocampal Commissure
NLM Classification #: WL 314
Previous Indexing: Hippocampus (1966-1999)
Public MeSH Note: 2008; see FORNIX (BRAIN) 2000-2007; for FIMBRIA OF HIPPOCAMPUS see under HIPPOCAMPUS 2000-2014 now HIPPOCAMPAL FORMATION
History Note: 2008 (2000)
Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/08
Revision Date: 2018/06/30

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Concept UI: M0331523
Terms: Fimbria of Hippocampus Preferred Term
Term UI T858155
Date04/09/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Fimbria (Brain)
Term UI T361765
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Fimbria-Fornix
Term UI T361766
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Fornix-Fimbria
Term UI T361767
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Fimbria, Brain
Term UI T682836
Date10/04/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008)

Concept UI: M0593320
Terms: Hippocampal Commissure Preferred Term
Term UI T858156
Date04/09/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Dorsal Hippocampal Commissure
Term UI T858157
Date04/09/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Commissura Hippocampi
Term UI T858158
Date04/09/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Fornical Commissure
Term UI T858205
Date04/10/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Commissure of Fornix
Term UI T858206
Date04/10/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015)

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