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A small bundle of fibres that passes dorsalward from the mamillary body for a short distance with the mamillothalamic tract, then turns down the brainstem to reach the dorsal and ventral tegmental nuclei of the mesencephalon.
Synonyms: fasciculus mamillotegmentalis.
(05 Mar 2000)
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