The perforant pathway
A) is another name for the fornix.
B) interconnects the entorhinal cortex with the granule cells of the dentate gyrus.
C) is the major output of the hippocampus.
D) interconnects the CA2 and CA3 fields of the hippocampus.
E) interconnects the granule cells of the dentate gyrus with the amygdala.

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The perforant pathway connects the entorhinal cortex (cortical region adjacent to the hippocampus) with the granule cells of the dentate gyrus (a part of the hippocampus). This connection is important for the flow of information into the hippocampus from other cortical areas.

The Perforant Pathway