The Medial and Lateral Lemnisci: Anatomically Adjoined But Functionally Distinct Fiber Tracts

摘要

OBJECTIVE: The dense and complex distribution of neural structures in the brainstem makes it challenging to understand their real configuration. We used the fiber microdissection technique to show the course of the medial and lateral lemnisci within the brainstem. Although these structures seem anatomically alike, they are functionally distinct.