decussation of the anterior commissure ( dac )

The term decussation of the anterior commissure refers to the portion of the anterior commissure that crosses the midsagittal plane between the cerebral hemispheres. The center or caudal boundary of the decussation is the zero coordinate of stereotaxic space in most stereotaxic brain atlases in current use. The anterior commissure is found in the human, macaque, rat, and mouse ( NeuroNames ).

Also known as

Name Language Source Source Citation Source Title Organism
dac acronym NeuroNames University of Washington, Seattle, WA NeuroNames Macaca mulatta
Decussatio commissurae anterioris Latin NeuroNames University of Washington, Seattle, WA NeuroNames Unspecified
decussation of the anterior commissure English Jones-2005 UC Regents Davis campus, 2005 BrainMaps.org Macaca mulatta
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