The stria terminalis is long and narrow band of fibers that constitute a major output pathway of the amygdala. After leaving the amygdala the stria terminalis runs along the edge of the caudate (tail) within the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle, and follows the ventricle/caudate as it loops over the thalamus and finally leaves the caudate (head) to curve downward into its targets, which include the septal region, the nucleus accumbens, and the hypothalamus. A more direct set of fibers from the amygdala, the ventral amygdalofugal pathway, also projects to much the same targets.
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