perforant path
A pathway of fibers originating in the lateral part of the entorhinal area, perforating the subiculum of the hippocampus, and running into the stratum moleculare of the hippocampus, where these fibers synapse with others that go to the dentate gyrus. (Dorland, 28th ed). [ MESH:A08.612.600 ]
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database cross reference
- NCIT:C13084
- MESH:D019580
- neuronames:2686
- DHBA:12080
- MBA:713
- Wikipedia:Perforant_path
- UMLS:C0524810
- HBA:265505250
has related synonym
tractus perforans, perforating fasciculus, perforant path, perforant pathway, perf
has obo namespace
uberon
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UBERON:0034931
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- axon tract and extends_fibers_into some layer of dentate gyrus and extends_fibers_into some entorhinal cortex and extends_fibers_into some hippocampal field