Anatomy
perforant pathway
Subclass of:
Neural Pathways; Limbic System
Definitions related to perforant pathway:
  • A pathway of fibers that originates in the lateral part of the ENTORHINAL CORTEX, perforates the SUBICULUM of the HIPPOCAMPUS, and runs into the stratum moleculare of the hippocampus, where these fibers synapse with others that go to the DENTATE GYRUS where the pathway terminates. It is also known as the perforating fasciculus.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The route of neural fibers originating in the entorhinal cortex that project through the hippocampal formation to granule cells of the dentate gyrus, providing the major input to the hippocampus.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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