Laminar segregation of cells of origin of ascending projections from the superficial layers of the superior colliculus in the cat
Laminar segregation of cells of origin of ascending projections from the superficial layers of the superior colliculus in the cat
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猫上丘表层上升投射起源细胞的层状分离
DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(80)90815-x
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发表时间:
1980
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
M. Kudo
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作者:
S. Kawamura;N. Fukushima;S. Hattori;M. Kudo
It is now accepted that the superior colhculus (SC) of the cat gives rise to ascending projections to several thalamic structures3, 9, 12. Of these thalamic structures, the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (LGNd) and a tier of the posterior lateral nucleus (tectal recipient zone of Lp) have been reported to receive tecto-thalamic fibers originating in the superficial layers of SC 3 We have already demonstrated in the cat using the method of retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) that cells of origin of the tecto-Lp projection lie in the deep part of the superficial gray layer (SC II3) with a topographical arrangementg, 10. In the present study, we will demonstrate that cells of origin of the tecto-geniculate projection are distinct from those of the tecto-Lp projection within SC II.For the present study, two sets of experiments were carried out. First, by utilizing the anterograde transport of HRP, terminal site of the tecto-geniculate projection was determined after injection of HRP into SC in terms of the laminar termination; and second, retrogradely labeled cells were examined in SC after injection of HRP into LGNd in comparison with those of the tecto-Lp projection. In 3 cats a single microinjection of 0.2-0.3/zl of 50% HRP (Toyobo, Grade lC) dissolved in sterile 0.9% saline containing 2, o dimethylsulfoxide was made stereotaxically into the middle of left SC. In another 13 cats a solution of 50~ HRP was injected stereotaxically into either LGNd or tecto-thalamic recipient zone of Lp. After a survival time of 48-50 h, the animals were perfused with 2000 ml of a mixture of 1% formaldehyde and 1.25 o glutaraldehyde in 0.1 M phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) through the ascending aorta under deep anesthesia. The brains were removed and placed in the same buffer containing 30% sucrose at 4 C for 2-3 days after cutting the whole brain Into appropriate frontal blocks. The blocks were sectioned at 60# m on a freezing microtome and then treated for HRP using an incubation medium containing benzidine 2. After being mounted on gelatinized slides, the sections were lightly