white commissure

a bundle of myelinated fibers, both sensory and motor, that crosses from one side of the spinal cord to the other, linking the ascending and descending columns of white matter fibers on either side. It arches around the ventral median fissure of the spinal cord. Also called anterior white commissure; ventral white commissure.

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September 8th 2024

alpha biofeedback

see alpha-wave training.