What is corticofugal?

What is corticofugal? adj. describing nerve fibers or tracts that exit from the cerebral or cerebellar cortex. Corticofugal nerve fibers from the cerebral cortex include corticospinal, corticonuclear, and corticopontine fibers. What are Corticofugal projections? Corticofugal projection neurons (CFuPNs) are projection neurons that connect the cerebral cortex and subcortex and transmit Read more…