A direct pathway from thalamus to visual callosal neurons in cat
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_CE97E075B266
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
A direct pathway from thalamus to visual callosal neurons in cat
Journal
Experimental Brain Research
ISSN
0014-4819 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
1980
Volume
38
Number
1
Pages
121-3
Notes
Journal Article
Abstract
Horseradish peroxidase was injected in the right visual cortex and a large electrolytic lesion made in the left lateral geniculate nucleus of an adult cat. Neurons of origin of the callosal projection to the injected cortex were identified by retrograde labelling and selected for electron microscopic study. Degenerating thalamo-cortical axon terminals were found to contact a labelled stellate cell in layer IV and a labelled pyramidal cell in layer III at the border region of areas 17 and 18. We conclude that there is a monosynaptic pathway from lateral geniculate nucleus to the cells of origin of callosal axons to the contralateral visual cortex.
Keywords
Animals
Cats
Corpus Callosum/*anatomy & histology
Dominance, Cerebral/physiology
Female
Geniculate Bodies/anatomy & histology
Horseradish Peroxidase
Neurons/ultrastructure
Synapses/ultrastructure
Thalamus/*anatomy & histology
Visual Cortex/anatomy & histology
Visual Pathways/anatomy & histology
Pubmed
Web of science
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24/01/2008 14:22
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20/08/2019 15:49