Table 2

Schedule of development of brain tracts and commissures in different anurans1 . (Fig. 1: pink triangles)


E. coqui
D. pictus
P. pustulosus2
X. laevis3

Neural tube closure
TS 3
GH 16–17
≤GH 20
NF 204
Rhombomeres
TS 3+
GH 18
?
?
Tract of postoptic commissure (TPOC)
TS 4
GH 18
≤GH 20
NF 245,6
Postoptic commissure (POC)
TS 5
GH 20
≤GH 20
NF 285
Ventral longitudinal tract (VLT)
TS 5
GH 18
≤GH 20
NF 266
Descending tract of V (TV)
TS 5
GH 18
≤GH 20
NF 266
Descending tract of VIII (TVIII)
TS 5
GH 20
≤GH 20
?
Tract of anterior commissure (TAC)
TS 6
GH 20
GH 22
NF 306
Anterior commissure (AC)
TS 7
GH 20
GH 22
NF 326,7
Supraoptic tract (SOT)
TS 6
GH 20
GH 20
NF 326,7
Tract of posterior commissure (TPC)
TS 6
GH 22
GH 22
NF 326,7
Posterior commissure (PC)
TS 6
GH 22
GH 24
NF 326,7
Tract of commissure of posterior tuberculum (TCPT)
TS 6
GH 22
GH 22
?
Commissure of posterior tuberculum (TCPT)
TS 6
GH 22
GH 22
?
Tract of ventral tegmental commissure (TVTC)
TS 6
GH 22
GH 22
NF 327
Ventral tegmental commissure (VTC)
TS 6
GH 22
GH 22
NF 327
Tract of cerebellar commissure (TCC)
TS 6
GH 20
GH 22
?
Cerebellar commissure (CC)
TS 7
GH 23
GH 24
?
Dorsoventral diencephalic tract (DVDT)
TS 6
GH 20
GH 22
NF 285,6
Tract of habenular commissure (THC)
TS 8
GH 23
GH 24
NF 33/346
Habenular commissure (HC)
TS 8
GH 23
GH 24
?
Intertectal commissure (ITC)
TS 98
GH228
GH 27–29
?

1 Terminology for embryonic fiber tracts based on [38,39]

2 First stage analyzed: GH 20

3 Data taken from literature

4 [88]

5 [40]

6 [42]

7 [41]

8 Only single fibers crossing midline at these stages; not included in Figure 1.

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