Neurosurgery notes/Anatomy/White matter tracts/Association fibres/Dorsal/posterior longitudinal fasciculus (of Schütz)

Dorsal/posterior longitudinal fasciculus (of Schütz)

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Located

  • Within the dorsal brainstem tegmentum.
  • Passes through the periaqueductal grey matter

Contains

  • Ascending fibres
    • Transmitting information related to the viscera
  • Descending fibres
    • Connects forebrain and brainstem autonomic control nuclei.

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