THE NEOSTRIATAL MOSAIC .1. COMPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION OF PROJECTIONS FROM THE STRIATUM TO THE SUBSTANTIA NIGRA IN THE RAT
THE NEOSTRIATAL MOSAIC .1. COMPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION OF PROJECTIONS FROM THE STRIATUM TO THE SUBSTANTIA NIGRA IN THE RAT
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DOI:
10.1002/cne.902360404
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
GERFEN, CR
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作者:
GERFEN, CR
Combined neuroanatomical techniques were used to examine the organization of the striatal projection to the substantia nigra in the rat. Both double anterograde axonal tracing methods (Phaseolus vulgaris leuco-agglutinin (PHA-L) and 3H-amino acid tract tracing) and double fluorescent retrograde axonal transport tracing methods were used to examine the relationship among striatal neurons projecting to separate areas of the substantia nigra. Additionally, the distributions of retrogradely labeled striatonigral projection neurons were charted relative to the neurochemically distinct striatal patch compartment, identified by substance P- or leu-enkephalin-like immunoreactivity, and relative to the complementary matrix compartment, identified by somatostatin-like immunoreactive fibers. These studies show 2 distinct types of organization in the striatonigral projections. One type is topographic in that the mediolateral relationships among these striatal efferent neurons are roughly maintained by their termination patterns in the substantia nigra, while the dorsoventral relationships are inverted. Projections from any part of the striatum, however, are distributed throughout the rostrocaudal axis of the substantia nigra. Despite their general topographic organization, the variable and dispersed nature of such projections from individual striatal loci results in partial overlap of afferent fields from separate striatal areas. The 2nd type of organization is nontopographic, and it provides a different system for convergence of imputs from separated striatal areas that is superimposed on the rough topographic system. In this other projection system, the mediolateral and dorsoventral relationships typical of the topographically ordered system are not maintained, and are sometimes reversed. These results suggest that the striatal patch and matrix compartments provide segregated parallel input-output pathways that are linked locally via intrinsic striatal neurons. This modular organization is reiterated throughout the striatum for integrative processing of cortical inputs by the basal ganglia.