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Anterior commissure

<p>Jul 10, 2010 9:53 AM

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The great majority of fibers connecting the two hemispheres travel through the corpus callosum, which is ove<b>r 10 times larger than the anterior commissure,</b> and other routes of communication pass through the <b>hippocampal commissure</b> or, indirectly, via subcortical connections. Nevertheless, the<b> anterior commissure is a significant pathway</b> that can be clearly distinguished in the brains of all mammals.

In a sagittal section, the anterior commissure is oval in shape, having a long vertical axis that measures about <b>5 mm</b>.

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See the AC = Anter Commis. &#160;beneath the corpus striatum &#160;(Put/Caudate)... &#160;it connects the two temporal lobs

and it connects the two amygdala.</p>

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