Supraoptic Commissures
Hierarchy level in atlas is 2: 1 superstructures include it.
abbreviation: supAbbreviation
sup
Species
Rat
Description of part
According Gurdjian 1927, Tsang 1940, Nauta and Haymaker 1969. It si probably more aqccurate on embryological and connectional grounds to reer to them as postoptic decussations.
Part type
fiber tract
Nomenclature
Swanson-1998
Endorsement
The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.
Collator argument
The position of this brain part in hierarchy was collated from the associated reference
Reference
Author:
Swanson LW
Title of Book:
Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain
Year:
1998
Pages:
196-213
Edition:
second
Publisher:
Elsevier
- Medial forebrain bundle system
- Fornix system
- Dorsal tegmental tract
- Fasciculus retroflexus
- Dorsal longitudinal fascicle
- Supraoptic commissures
- Amygdalar capsule
- Stria terminalis
- Mammillotegmental tract
- Stria medularis
- Mammillary peduncle
- Supramammillary decussation
- Periventricular bundle of the hypothalamus
- Medial forebrain bundle
- Principal mammillary tract
- Periventricular bundle of the thalamus
- Cingulum bundle
- Anterior commissure, temporal limb
- Ansa peduncularis
- Habenular commisure
- Mammillothalamic tract
Major subparts
| Name | Type |
| Supraoptic commissures, ventral | fiber tract |
| Supraoptic commissures, anterior | fiber tract |
| Supraoptic commissures, dorsal | fiber tract |
