Postcommissural
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 posterior to a commissure not-comparable
"For VOI analysis, the striatum was divided into three functional subdivisions as described previously [43 ]: the limbic striatum consisted of the ventral striatum; the associative striatum consisted of the precommissural dorsal putamen, precommissural dorsal caudate, and postcommissural caudate; and the sensorimotor striatum consisted of the postcommissural putamen [44 ]."
Example
More examples"For VOI analysis, the striatum was divided into three functional subdivisions as described previously [43 ]: the limbic striatum consisted of the ventral striatum; the associative striatum consisted of the precommissural dorsal putamen, precommissural dorsal caudate, and postcommissural caudate; and the sensorimotor striatum consisted of the postcommissural putamen [44 ]."
Etymology
From post- + commissural.
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