Vertical occipital fasciculus
The vertical occipital fasciculus is a fascicle of white matter running vertically in the rear of the brain. It is found at least in primates. It "is the only major fiber bundle connecting dorsolateral and ventrolateral visual cortex."[1]
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Early discovery
Originally depicted by
diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) study in 2004 noted an area of short-range association fibers in the lateral occipital lobe, which they noted corresponded to the VoF.[5]
Structure and function
The vertical occipital fasciculus consists of long nerve fibers making connections between vision sub-regions in the rear of the brain. Research indicates that it is related to both vision and cognition, since injury to it can cause reading impairment.[6]
References
- PMID 25404310.
- ^ Wernicke, Carl (1881) Lehrbuch der Gehirnkrankheiten: für Aerzte und Studirende, Fig. 19 on p. 30. https://archive.org/stream/lehrbuchdergehir00wern#page/n49/mode/1up. Accessed 2014.11.18.
- ^ Yeatman, J. D., et al. (2014). The vertical occipital fasciculus: A century of controversy resolved by in vivo measurements.PNAS, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1418503111, abstract. Accessed 2014.11.18
- TheGuardian.com. 17 November 2014.
- PMID 14645885.
- ^ "Reading and the Brain: Rediscovery of a Major Pathway | Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences (I-LABS)".
Further reading
- Yeatman, J. D., et al. (2014). "The Vertical Occipital Fasciculus: A Century of Controversy Resolved by in Vivo Measurements," PNAS, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1418503111. Accessed 2014.11.18.
- http://www.washington.edu/news/2014/11/17/major-brain-pathway-rediscovered-after-century-old-confusion-controversy/. Accessed 2014.11.18.
- [1] Accessed 2014.11.18.
- Wernicke, Carl (1881) Lehrbuch der Gehirnkrankheiten: für Aerzte und Studirende, Fig. 19 on p. 30. https://archive.org/stream/lehrbuchdergehir00wern#page/n49/mode/1up. Accessed 2014.11.18.