central anastomosing tract [FBbt_00001636]

Tract of the embryonic protocerebrum. It is formed from an interchange of axons between the medial/lateral cervical tracts and the lateral protocerebral tract. Before approaching the midline, bundles of axons branch off the lateral protocerebral tract and join the medial/lateral cervical tracts.

central anastomosing tract

ID: FBbt_00001636

Nervous system Neuron projection bundle

Tract of the embryonic protocerebrum. It is formed from an interchange of axons between the medial/lateral cervical tracts and the lateral protocerebral tract. Before approaching the midline, bundles of axons branch off the lateral protocerebral tract and join the medial/lateral cervical tracts.

This tract might correspond to the pioneer of the antennocerebral tract (Nassif et al., 1998).

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CAT exact synonym Nassif et al., 1998