Cross references: Corpus callosum (Wiki) "The corpus callosum (from Latin: "tough body"), also known as the colossal commissure, is a wide, flat bundle of neural fibers beneath the cortex in the eutherian brain at the longitudinal fissure. It connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres and facilitates interhemispheric communication. It is the largest white matter structure in the brain, consisting of 200–250 million contralateral axonal projections." ![]() Median sagittal section of brain (person faces to the left). Corpus callosum visible at center, in light gray. Searching PubMed for "corpus callosum" yielded 14,905 references: corpus callosum - PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=corpus+callosum Searching PubMed for "corpus callosum neurotransmitter" yielded 583 references: corpus callosum neurotransmitter - PubMed Sorted by Pub Date http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=corpus+callosum+neurotransmitter Searching PubMed for "corpus callosum inhibitory neurotransmitter" yielded 38 references: corpus callosum inhibitory neurotransmitter - PubMed Sorted by Pub Date http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=corpus+callosum+inhibitory+neurotransmitter Searching PubMed for "corpus callosum excitatory neurotransmitter" yielded 31 references: corpus callosum excitatory neurotransmitter - PubMed Sorted by Pub Date http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=corpus+callosum+excitatory+neurotransmitter |
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