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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[edit on Wikidata]

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.

It is evolutionarily one of the most ancient interhemispheric connections.

References

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