The Perforant Pathway

question 20

Multiple Choice

The perforant pathway

• A) interconnects the CA1 and CA3 fields of the hippocampus.
• B) interconnects the entorhinal cortex with the granule cells of the dentate gyrus.
• C) is the major output of the hippocampus.
• D) is another name for the fornix.
• E) interconnects the granule cells of the dentate gyrus with the amygdala.

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