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Corticothalamic and corticotectal somatosensory projections from the anterior ectosylvian sulcus (SIV cortex) in neonatal cats: an anatomical demonstration with HRP and 3H-leucine.
J Comp Neurol. 1988 Aug 1;274(1):115-26. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/88331476 McHaffie JG; Kruger L; Clemo HR; Stein BE; Department of Physiology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond; 23298.
Abstract:
Corticothalamic and corticotectal projections from the anterior ectosylvian sulcus (AES) in neonatal cats were studied with anterograde and retrograde neuroanatomical techniques. When the injection site was relatively restricted to the sulcal walls and fundus of the rostral AES (i.e., the SIV cortex), heavy ipsilateral thalamic label was observed in the medial subdivision of the posterior group, in the suprageniculate nucleus, and in the external medullary lamina. No terminal label was seen in the contralateral thalamus although the contralateral homotopic cortex was heavily labeled. Within the ventrobasal complex (VB), dense axonal label was observed in fascicles that traversed VB, but only light terminal label was observed within VB itself. However, in cases where the tracer spread into adjacent SII, terminal label in VB was pronounced. Similarly, when the injection site extended into auditory cortex, terminal label was observed in the lateral and intermediate subdivisions of the posterior group. Rostral AES injections produced distinct, predominantly ipsilateral, terminal label in the superior colliculus that was distributed in two tiers: a discontinuous band in the stratum griseum intermedium and a more diffuse band in stratum griseum profundum. Caudally, dense terminal label was seen in the intercollicular zone and dorsolateral periaqueductal gray. When the injection site did not include rostral AES, no label was observed in the superior colliculus. Horseradish peroxidase injections into the superior colliculus of neonates produced retrogradely labeled neurons throughout the AES, but none was found on the crown of the gyrus where SII is located. Thus, the neonatal corticotectal somatosensory projection arises exclusively from AES and parallels that found in adults. These data indicate that the elaboration of a major descending somatosensory pathway from AES to the thalamus and midbrain is largely a prenatal event. The in utero anatomical maturation of the corticofugal projections from SIV cortex to the superior colliculus contrasts with the protracted postnatal development of the corticotrigeminal projections from SI cortex but is consistent with the mature anatomical state of ascending trigeminotectal projections.
Keywords: Afferent Pathways/ANATOMY & HISTOLOGY Animal Animals, Newborn Autoradiography Axonal Transport Cats/*ANATOMY & HISTOLOGY Cerebral Cortex/*ANATOMY & HISTOLOGY Efferent Pathways/ANATOMY & HISTOLOGY Horseradish Peroxidase Leucine Somatosensory Cortex/ANATOMY & HISTOLOGY Superior Colliculus/*ANATOMY & HISTOLOGY Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Thalamus/*ANATOMY & HISTOLOGY Tritium JOURNAL ARTICLE
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