CNS white matter

Introduction

Refers to portions of brain & spinal cord containing mostly myelinated fiber tracts. The myelin gives the whiter appearance compared to grey matter

More general terms

• central nervous system structure

More specific terms

• cerebral white matter
• mammillothalamic tract

Additional terms

• demyelinating disease
• MRI cerebral white matter lesion (white matter hyperintensity)

Components

• fastigiobulbar tract
• mammillothalamic tract
• cingulum
• crus (crura) cerebri
• Meyer-Archambault loop
• fornix
• alveus hippocampi
• fimbria hippocampi
• CNS white matter tract