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Commissure of inferior colliculus

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Commissure of inferior colliculus
Details
Part ofInferior colliculus
Identifiers
LatinCommissura colliculi inferioris
NeuroNames481
NeuroLex IDbirnlex_935
TA98A14.1.06.613
TA25919
TEof inferior colliculus_by_E5.14.3.3.1.4.7 E5.14.3.3.1.4.7
FMA71115
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy[edit on Wikidata]

The commissure of inferior colliculus, also called the commissure of inferior colliculi is a thin white matter structure consisting of myelinated axons of neurons and joining the paired inferior colliculi.

It is evolutionarily one of the most ancient interhemispheric connections.

References

Anatomy of the midbrain
Tectum
(Dorsal)
Corpora quadrigemina
Grey matter
White matter
Sensory / ascending
Motor / descending
CSF
Peduncle
(Ventral)
Tegmentum
White matter
Sensory / ascending
Motor / descending
Grey matter
cranial nuclei
Ventral tegmental area
Midbrain reticular formation
Base
White / Cerebral crus
Grey / Substantia nigra
Surface


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