Basis Pedunculi

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The basis pedunculi (L. foot or stalk) is a large collection of descending fibers located at the base of the midbrain. All arise from cell bodies in the cerebral cortex. They end in the pons, medulla and spinal cord. This bundle is more commonly called the cerebral peduncle or crus cerebri.

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Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
Marc D. Binder
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine University of Tokyo Hongo, Bunkyo‐ku, Tokyo, Japan
Nobutaka Hirokawa
Göttingen, Germany
Uwe Windhorst

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(2008). Basis Pedunculi. In: Binder, M.D., Hirokawa, N., Windhorst, U. (eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_573

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_573
Published: 24 January 2024
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