Meynert's commissure

Meynert’s commissure, also called the dorsal supraoptic commissure, is one of three tracts that comprise the supraoptic commissure . The remaining two tracts that comprise the supraoptic commissure are Gudden’s commissure (ventral supraoptic decussation) and the anterior hypothalamic commissure of Gasner .

Gross anatomy

The fibers that comprise Meynert’s commissure are located immediately posterior to the optic chiasm . Fibers within the commissure are proposed to interconnect components of the basal ganglia (subthalamic nuclei and globus pallidus) with the lateral geniculate bodies and superior colliculi .

History and etymology

Meynert’s commissure is named after Theodor Hermann Meynert, a German-Austrian anatomist and pathologist .