Diagonal band of Broca

Diagonal band of Broca
Base of brain. (Diagonal band of Broca not labeled, but anterior perforated substance labeled at center.)
Human brainstem, anterior view. (Diagonal band of Broca not labeled, but anterior perforated substance is #5.)
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Identifiers
Latinstria diagonalis
MeSHD020667
NeuroNames285
NeuroLex IDbirnlex_1551
TA98A14.1.09.422
TA25547
FMA61973
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The diagonal band of Broca interconnects the amygdala and the septal area. It is one of the olfactory structures. It is situated upon the inferior aspect of the brain.[1] It forms the medial margin of the anterior perforated substance.[2]

It was described by the French neuroanatomist Paul Broca.[3]

  1. ^ Gould, Douglas J.; Brueckner-Collins, Jennifer K.; Fix, James Douglas (2015). High-Yield Neuroanatomy (5th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-4511-9343-5.
  2. ^ Fix, James D. (2002). Neuroanatomy. Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 338. ISBN 0-7817-2829-0.
  3. ^ Liu, A. K. L.; Lim, E. J.; Ahmed, I.; Chang, R. C.-C.; Pearce, R. K. B.; Gentleman, S. M. (December 2018). "Review: Revisiting the human cholinergic nucleus of the diagonal band of Broca". Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 44 (7): 647–662. doi:10.1111/nan.12513. ISSN 0305-1846. PMC 6282557. PMID 30005126.