Summary
We have studied the chronology of appearance and the cortical changes which precede the fissures appearing between stages 34 to 40. In this paper we demonstrate the structural modifications of the cerebellar cortex defined as the anlagen of the fissures. The analage of a fissure begins in a well-determined place of the cerebellar cortex. It begins with a thickening of the internal cortical cell layer, which finally folds. These modifications precede other similar ones which occur in the overlying external granular layer. On the other hand, these cortical structural modifications precede the transversal projection of the fissures. Chronological order of appearance of the anlagen of the fissures, related to the appearance of fissures on the surface of the cerebellum is also given.
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Abbreviations
- CC:
-
comissura cerebelli
- CV:
-
cavum ventricularis
- DP:
-
profound outer mantle layer
- EGL:
-
external granular layer
- Ic1:
-
intraculminate fissure 1
- Ic2:
-
intraculminate fissure 2
- Ic3:
-
intraculminate fissure 3
- ICCL:
-
internal cortical cell layer
- ip:
-
intrapyramidal fissure
- IV–V:
-
fourth ventricle
- NL:
-
neuroepithelial layer
- OML:
-
outer mantle layer
- p:
-
precentral fissure
- pa:
-
precentral fissure a
- pc:
-
preculminate fissure
- pl:
-
posterolateral fissure
- ppd:
-
prepyramidal fissure
- pr:
-
fissura prima
- ps:
-
posterior superior fissure
- sec:
-
fissura secunda
- sv1:
-
uvular sulcus 1
- sv2:
-
uvular sulcus 2
- T:
-
tela chorioidea
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Melian, A.P., Fonolla, J.P. & Loyzaga, P.G. The ontogeny of the cerebellar fissures in the chick embryo. Anat Embryol 175, 119–128 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00315462
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