Fornix of the brain

The fornix ( from Latin fornix " curvature ", " vault ", " Triumphal Arch ") is a structure of the limbic system in the cerebrum.

As a powerful band of fibers of the fornix extends above the roof of the third ventricle. It connects the hippocampus to the mammillary bodies and is thus a part of the Papez circuit. In the commissure of the fornix nerve fibers connecting the right and left cerebral hemisphere.

Functionally it is involved in the storage area of ​​memory from short -term to the long-term memory and thus plays a role in learning.

He runs no specific information, but selects and modulates the function of the hippocampal formation by various neurotransmitters (dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, and acetylcholine ).

• Telencephalon