Fibers Associative

Association fibers are nerve fibers that connect cells of different parts of the cortex of the same cerebral hemisphere.

Association fibers provide communication between different areas of the cerebral cortex, responsible for various functions. Thanks to these fibers, information from different sensory and motor areas of the cortex is integrated.

Association fibers are divided into short and long. Short association fibers connect nearby areas of one lobe of the brain. Long association fibers connect distant areas of the cerebral cortex.

Associative fibers play an important role in the cognitive functions of the brain - attention, memory, thinking. Damage to associative fibers can lead to disorders of higher mental functions.

Associative fibers are nerves that connect cells of different functional types in different parts of the cerebral cortex, i.e., they have a unique neurophysiological significance. They have the ability to excite and inhibit, transmitting excitations from one area of ​​the cortex to another. The doctrine of associative fibers is called association theories in neurophysiology and is one of the variants of the theory of a functional system. On this occasion, P.K. Anokhin wrote: “One of these functions is performed by associative fiber connections of neurons, processing incoming information, establishing its synthesis and transmission for the integration of nervous activity. One of the features of associative connections is that