title: Early fetal development of the anterior commissure.
abstract: The human fetal anterior commissure was easily observed connecting the bilateral external capsules in frontal sections via hematoxylin and eosin staining at 7-8 weeks of gestation. However, after 12 weeks of gestation, the terminal area became difficult to identify because complicated looping fibers developed in the bilateral temporal lobes. The anterior commissure thus serves to connect the two temporal lobes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, and Jeonbuk Regional Cardiocerebrovascular Disease Center, Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, Iksan, South Korea. neurlogy@wonkwang.ac.kr
authors.forename: Kwang Ho
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Gen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Jose Francisco
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Vázquez
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D047109:Fetal Development; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male