Stria medullaris of thalamus

Stria medullaris of thalamus
Stria medullaris highlighted in red over the thalamus. Posterior to the thalamus, the highlighted portion is the pineal gland
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Identifiers
Latin	stria medullaris thalamica
NeuroNames	298
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_1066
TA98	A14.1.08.106
TA2	5747
FMA	62080
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The stria medullaris (SM), (Latin, furrow and pith or marrow) is a part of the epithalamus and forms a bilateral white matter tract of the initial segment of the dorsal diencephalic conduction system (DDCS). It contains afferent fibers from the septal nuclei, lateral preoptico-hypothalamic region, and anterior thalamic nuclei to the habenula. It forms a horizontal ridge on the medial surface of the thalamus on the border between dorsal and medial surfaces of thalamus. The SM, in conjunction with the habenula and the habenular commissure, forms the habenular trigone. It is considered to be the primary afferent of the DDCS.