Lemniscus lateralis

Lemniscus lateralis (red) and Lemniscus medialis (blue)

The lemniscus lateralis ( Eng . " Lateral loop (nbahn) ") is a nerve path in the brain stem and part of the auditory pathway . It receives information from the superior olive ( nucleus olivaris superior ) and the nucleus cochlearis on the opposite side ( contralateral ).

From the core of the loop, information is passed on on both sides ( ipsi- and contralateral ) to the two lower mounds ( colliculi inferiores ) of the four-mound plate ( lamina quadrigemina ).

literature

• Stefan Silbernagl and Agamemnon Despopoulos : Pocket Atlas Physiology . 7th edition. Thieme , Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 3-13-567707-9 .
• Hamid Emminger: Physikum, exactly: The entire examination knowledge for the 1st ÄP . 4th edition. Thieme, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-13-107034-X .