Soviet Medical Encyclopedia

Wernicke's Field

Anatomy, Neurology, Ophthalmology

Also known as: Wernicke field, Field of Wernicke

Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.

Summary

Wernicke's Field is a layer of white matter located lateral to the lateral geniculate body and the pulvinar, forming the anterior part of the central visual neuron that continues into the optic radiation. Lesions of this area lead to visual field defects such as hemianopsia.

Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)

WERNICKE'S FIELD, a layer of white matter located outside of the corpus geniculatum laterale and pulvinar, forming the most anterior part of the central visual neuron, which then passes into the radiatio optica (optic radiation), or Gratiolet's bundle. It includes fibers connecting the primary visual centers (pulvinar and corpus geniculatum laterale) with the cortex of the fissura calcarina; this connection consists of centripetal and centrifugal fibers. Lesions of Wernicke's field lead to the loss of the visual field in the form of hemianopsia (see).

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“Wernicke's Field.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/wernickes-field/