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Commissure of superior colliculus

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Commissure of superior colliculus
Details
Part ofSuperior colliculus
Identifiers
LatinCommissura colliculi superioris
NeuroNames475
NeuroLex IDbirnlex_1073
TA98A14.1.06.614
TA25915
TEof superior colliculus_by_E5.14.3.3.1.4.5 E5.14.3.3.1.4.5
FMA72418
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The commissure of superior colliculus, also called the commissure of superior colliculi is a thin white matter structure consisting of myelinated axons of neurons and joining together the paired superior colliculi.[1]

It is evolutionarily one of the most ancient interhemispheric connections.

References

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  1. ^ "commissure of the superior colliculi". BrainInfo. University of Washington. Retrieved 9 October 2017.