Olfactory tract

Olfactory tract
Brain: Olfactory tract
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Scheme of rhinencephalon. (Olfactory tract visible at left.)
Latin tractus olfactorius
Gray's subject #189 826
NeuroNames hier-265
NeuroLex ID birnlex_1663

The olfactory tract is a bundle of axons connecting the mitral and tufted cells of the olfactory bulb to several target regions in the brain, including piriform cortex, amygdala, and entorhinal cortex. It is a narrow white band, triangular on coronal section, the apex being directed upward.

It lies in the olfactory sulcus on the inferior surface of the frontal lobe, and divides posteriorly into two striæ, a medial olfactory stria and a lateral olfactory stria.

Additional images

  • The arteries of the base of the brain.

  • Dura mater and its processes exposed by removing part of the right half of the skull, and the brain.

  • Base of brain.

  • Plan of olfactory neurons.

  • The pterygopalatine ganglion and its branches.

  • Human brainstem anterior view

  • Olfactory nerve

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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

v · d · eHuman brain, cerebrum, Interior of the cerebral hemispheres—Rostral Basal ganglia and associated structures (TA A14.1.09.321–552, GA 9.832–837)
Basal ganglia
Ventral striatum
Other
Rhinencephalon
Olfactory tract (Medial olfactory stria, Lateral olfactory stria) · Olfactory trigone
Other basal forebrain
Diagonal band of Broca · Stria terminalis
Archicortex:
Hippocampal formation/
Hippocampus anatomy

Hippocampus proper: CA1 · CA2 · CA3 · CA4

Dentate gyrus: Fascia dentata

Subiculum
Alveus · Fimbria · Perforant path · Schaffer collateral

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v · d · eSensory system: Olfactory system / Olfaction / Rhinencephalon (TA 15.1, GA 10.992)
Olfactory epithelium
Olfactory glands · Olfactory mucosa · Sustentacular cell
Olfactory nerve: 1° neuron
Olfactory nerve: 2° neuron
Mitral cells → Olfactory tract → Olfactory trigone
Lateral olfactory stria/
Primary olfactory cortex

Piriform cortex · EC-hippocampus system (Entorhinal cortex, Hippocampal formation) · Prepyriform area · Periamygdaloid cortex

Stria medullaris → Habenular nuclei

Amygdala → Stria terminalis → Hypothalamus

Medial forebrain bundle → Hypothalamus
Medial olfactory stria

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