Direct retinal input to the limbic system of the rat
| Autor: | Stephen K. Itaya, C.-B. Jenq, G. W. Van Hoesen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1981 |
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Optic tract
Enucleation Biology Lateral geniculate nucleus Retina chemistry.chemical_compound Limbic system Limbic System medicine Animals Visual Pathways Dominance Cerebral Molecular Biology Horseradish Peroxidase Neurons General Neuroscience Rats Inbred Strains Retinal Anatomy Rats Microscopy Electron Stria terminalis medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Thalamic Nuclei Nerve Degeneration Neurology (clinical) Nucleus Neuroscience Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Brain Research. 226:33-42 |
| ISSN: | 0006-8993 |
| Popis: | Retinal projections in rats were studied using anterograde horseradish peroxidase (HRP) tracing and electron microscopic (EM) degeneration. HRP-labeled axons were observed to leave the optic tract in the vicinity of the lateral geniculate nucleus and enter the stria terminalis where they coursed anteriorly to the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST), and the anterodorsal (TAD) and anteroventral (TAV) thalamic nuclei. After enucleation, selected areas studied with EM confirmed that retinal presynaptic terminals are located in the BNST and TAV. These results support the finding of Conrad and Stumpf that the retina has a direct link to the limbic system. |
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