Occipitofrontal fasciculus explained

Occipitofrontal fasciculus
Latin:	fasciculus occipitofrontalis inferior

The occipitofrontal fasciculus, also known as the fronto-occipital fasciculus, passes backward from the frontal lobe, along the lateral border of the caudate nucleus, and on the medial aspect of the corona radiata; its fibers radiate in a fan-like manner and pass into the occipital and temporal lobes lateral to the posterior and inferior cornua.

Some sources distinguish between an inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus (IFOF) and a superior fronto-occipital fasciculus (SFOF), however the latter is no longer believed to exist in the human brain.^{[1] [2]}

External links

• Türe U, Yaşargil MG, Pait TG . Is there a superior occipitofrontal fasciculus? A microsurgical anatomic study . Neurosurgery . 40 . 6 . 1226–32 . June 1997 . 9179896 . 10.1097/00006123-199706000-00022.
• Kier EL, Staib LH, Davis LM, Bronen RA . MR imaging of the temporal stem: anatomic dissection tractography of the uncinate fasciculus, inferior occipitofrontal fasciculus, and Meyer's loop of the optic radiation . AJNR Am J Neuroradiol . 25 . 5 . 677–91 . May 2004 . 15140705 . 7974480 .

Notes and References

1. Meola. Antonio. Comert. Ayhan. Yeh. Fang-Cheng. Stefaneanu. Lucia. Fernandez-Miranda. Juan C.. December 2015. The controversial existence of the human superior fronto-occipital fasciculus: Connectome-based tractographic study with microdissection validation. Human Brain Mapping. 36. 12. 4964–4971. 10.1002/hbm.22990. 1065-9471. 4715628. 26435158.
2. Liu X, Kinoshita M, Shinohara H, Hori O, Ozaki N, Nakada M . Does the superior fronto-occipital fascicle exist in the human brain? Fiber dissection and brain functional mapping in 90 patients with gliomas . NeuroImage Clin . 25 . 2020 . 102192 . 32014826 . 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102192. 6997620 .