Multiple choice

The foremost pathway of the hypothalamus in the central autonomic network is

  1. medial forebrain bundle

  2. dorsal longitudinal fasciculus

  3. stria terminalis

  4. mammillotegmental tract

  5. spinohypothalamic tract
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Explanation

The principal pathway of the hypothalamus in the central autonomic network is the dorsal longitudinal fasciculus. It is a bundle of thin, poorly myelinated nerve fibers reciprocally connecting the periventricular zone of the hypothalamus with ventral parts of the central gray substance of the midbrain.

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