1. of, relating to, or involving a commissure (a band of nerve fibers connecting two parts of the brain or spinal cord)
Usage: anatomy; neuroscience

Examples

• The commissural fibers in the corpus callosum allow the two hemispheres of the brain to communicate.
• Damage to commissural pathways can affect interhemispheric communication.
• The anterior commissure is a smaller commissural structure compared to the corpus callosum.
• Commissural connections are essential for coordinating motor and sensory information across the brain.
• Researchers studied commissural development in fetal brain imaging.