The acoustic radiations or auditory radiations are structures found in the brain, in the ventral cochlear pathway, a part of the auditory system.[1][2] Acoustic radiation arising in the medial geniculate nucleus and end in primary auditory cortex (transverse temporal gyri).Lesions to the auditory radiations could be a cause of cortical deafness.[3]
| Auditory radiations | |
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 Human auditory pathway. Acoustic radiation is shown as red arrow at center-top. | |
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| Identifiers | |
| Latin | radiatio acustica |
| NeuroNames | 2084 |
| TA98 | A14.1.08.662 A14.1.09.545 |
| TA2 | 5587 |
| FMA | 62413 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
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