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"The term basal forebrain bundle refers to a fiber tract of reptiles and birds that is probably homologous to the ansa lenticularis and field H2 of mammals . Also known as: lateral forebrain bundleNeuroNames ID : 2465"    [1]

Brain of the Tiger Salamander Figure 6   (BTS Fig 006)

Selected examples of long pathways of conduction leading toward the skeletal musculature of the trunk and limbs, seen as projected upon the lateral aspect of the brain X 10. The only afferent systems drawn are the olfactory and optic, and from these receptive fields only a few lines of descending conduction are indicated as typical representatives of through fore-and-aft transmission.

Figure Labels:     BTS Fig 006

I to X, cranial nerve roots b.ol., bulbus olfactorius com.post., commissura posterior C.S., corpus striatum (includes the nuc.ac., nucleus accumbens septi) f.lat.t., fasciculus lateralis telencephali; lateral forebrain bundle f.lat.t.d., dorsal fascicles of f.lat.t. = tr.st.t. f.lat.t.v., ventral fascicles of f.lat.t. = tr.st.ped. f.l.m., fasciculus longitudinalis medialis f.med.t., fasciculus medialis telencephali; medial forebrain bundle f.med.t.d., dorsal fascicles of f.med.t. f.med.t. v., ventral fascicles of f.med.t. nuc.ol.a.; nuc.ol.ant., nucleus olfactorius anterior p.pir., primordium piriforme = nuc.ol.d.l. tect., tectum mesencephal tr.mam.ped., tractus mamillo-peduncularis tr.ol.ped., tractus olfacto-peduncularis tr.t.sp.; tr.tec.sp., tractus tecto-spinalis

The basal bundles comprise three groups of fascicles, the descending components of which are shown diagrammatically in BTS Fig 006: (1) dorsally and laterally the lateral forebrain bundles (f.lat.t.) ; (2) ventrally and medially the medial bundles (f.med.t.) ; (3) the olfactopeduncular tract (tr.ol.ped.), lying between the two preceding and with connections which are intermediate between them at both ends. [2]

The dorsal group of fascicles, the lateral forebrain bundle (f. lateralis telencephali (f.lat.t.), connects with the lateral wall of the hemisphere and has dorsal and ventral components with different connections.    The ventral group, the medial forebrain bundle (f. medialis telencephali, f.med.t.), connects with the medial and ventral walls and also has dorsal and ventral components related, respectively, with the dorsal and ventral parts of the hypothalamus. [3]

Lateral forebrain bundle. — Most of these fibers are connected with the primordial Corpus striatum and Amygdala, and some of them with the piriform area. The descending fibers correspond with the human ansa lenticularis, and most of them are well myelinated. They are connected mainly, though not exclusively, with the dorsal and ventral nuclei, respectively, of the corpus striatum. [4]

References:

[1] Brain Info  "lateral forebrain bundle" http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=2465

[2] Brain of the Tiger Salamander  p. 94

[3] Ibid:  p. 271

[4] Ibid:  p. 272