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Posterior cerebral commissure

Known as: Commissura epithalamica, Commissura posterior, Epithalamic commissure 
A small fasciculus that decussates in the inferior pineal lamina in the midbrain, and is the junctional landmark between the diencephalon and the… 
National Institutes of Health

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Epithalamic structure

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Tectum Mesencephali

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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Growth cone dynamics during the migration of an identified commissural growth cone
We have used time-lapse video microscopy to study the behavior of a neuron, Q1, that pioneers the posterior commissure of the… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Corpus Callosotomy: Clinical and Electroencephalographic Effects
Summary: Six persons (five male, one female), 15–41 years of age (mean, 23 years), with medically intractable epilepsy for 7–35… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Pathfinding by neuronal growth cones in grasshopper embryos. I. Divergent choices made by the growth cones of sibling neurons
We are interested in how the growth cones of identified neurons navigate in the central nervous system of the grasshopper embryo… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Localization of nerve growth factor-like immunoreactivity in rat nervous tissue.
The use of immunofluorescence with affinity-purified antibodies enabled cytological localization of nerve growth factor-like… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Ontogeny of somatostatin‐containing neuron system of the rat: Immunohistochemical analysis. II. Forebrain and diencephalon
The ontogeny of the somatostatin (SRIF) neuron system in the forebrain and diencephalon of the rat was investigated by means of… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Electrical stimulation of the brain stem in freely moving rats: II. Effects on hippocampal and neocortical electrical activity, and relations to behavior
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Glottic and subglottic stenosis from endotracheal intubation
As a result of increased use of prolonged endotracheal intubation, complications of intubation are now being seen more often… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Changes in neuron number and size and glia number in the young, adult, and aging rat medial occipital cortex.
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
The ipsilateral retinotectal pathway in the frog.
The pathway from the retina to the ipsilateral optic tectum has been investigated by observing the effects of localized lesions… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
The rostral projections of the primate vestibular nuclei: An experimental study in macaque, baboon and chimpanzee
  • E. Tarlov
  • The Journal of comparative neurology
  • 1969
  • Corpus ID: 40449757
The ascending projections of the vestibular nuclei were studied with the selective silver methods of Nauta‐Gygax (Nauta,'57… 
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