Abstract
Recent morphological and physiological studies support the assumption that the extrageniculate ascending tectofugal pathways send visual projection to the caudate nucleus (CN) in amniotes. In the present study we investigate the anatomical connection between the visual associative cortex along the anterior ectosylvian sulcus (AES) and the CN in adult domestic cats. An anterograde tracer - fluoro-dextrane-amine - was injected into the AES cortex. The distribution of labeled axons was not uniform in the CN. The majority of labeled axons and terminal like puncta was found only in a limited area in the dorsal part of the CN between the coordinates anterior 12-15. Furthermore, a retrograde tracer - choleratoxin-B - was injected into the dorsal part of the CN between anterior 12 and 13. We detected a large number of labeled neurons in the fundus and the dorsal part of the AES between the coordinates anterior 12-14. Based upon our recent results we argue that there is a direct monosynaptic connection between the visual associative cortex along the AES and the CN. Beside the posterior thalamus, the AES cortex should also participate in the transmission of the tectal visual information to the CN. This pathway is likely to convey complex information containing both sensory and motor components toward the basal ganglia, which supports their integrative function in visuomotor actions such as motion and novelty detection and saccade generation.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 52-57 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Neuroscience Letters |
| Volume | 503 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sep 26 2011 |
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Keywords
- Anterior ectosylvian visual cortex
- Anterograde and retrograde tracing
- Cat
- Caudate nucleus
- Extrageniculo-extrastriatal visual system
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- Neuroscience(all)
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Direct projection from the visual associative cortex to the caudate nucleus in the feline brain. / Nagy, Anett Júlia; Berényi, Antal; Gulya, K.; Norita, Masao; Benedek, G.; Nagy, A.
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T1 - Direct projection from the visual associative cortex to the caudate nucleus in the feline brain
AU - Nagy, Anett Júlia
AU - Berényi, Antal
AU - Gulya, K.
AU - Norita, Masao
AU - Benedek, G.
AU - Nagy, A.
PY - 2011/9/26
Y1 - 2011/9/26
N2 - Recent morphological and physiological studies support the assumption that the extrageniculate ascending tectofugal pathways send visual projection to the caudate nucleus (CN) in amniotes. In the present study we investigate the anatomical connection between the visual associative cortex along the anterior ectosylvian sulcus (AES) and the CN in adult domestic cats. An anterograde tracer - fluoro-dextrane-amine - was injected into the AES cortex. The distribution of labeled axons was not uniform in the CN. The majority of labeled axons and terminal like puncta was found only in a limited area in the dorsal part of the CN between the coordinates anterior 12-15. Furthermore, a retrograde tracer - choleratoxin-B - was injected into the dorsal part of the CN between anterior 12 and 13. We detected a large number of labeled neurons in the fundus and the dorsal part of the AES between the coordinates anterior 12-14. Based upon our recent results we argue that there is a direct monosynaptic connection between the visual associative cortex along the AES and the CN. Beside the posterior thalamus, the AES cortex should also participate in the transmission of the tectal visual information to the CN. This pathway is likely to convey complex information containing both sensory and motor components toward the basal ganglia, which supports their integrative function in visuomotor actions such as motion and novelty detection and saccade generation.
AB - Recent morphological and physiological studies support the assumption that the extrageniculate ascending tectofugal pathways send visual projection to the caudate nucleus (CN) in amniotes. In the present study we investigate the anatomical connection between the visual associative cortex along the anterior ectosylvian sulcus (AES) and the CN in adult domestic cats. An anterograde tracer - fluoro-dextrane-amine - was injected into the AES cortex. The distribution of labeled axons was not uniform in the CN. The majority of labeled axons and terminal like puncta was found only in a limited area in the dorsal part of the CN between the coordinates anterior 12-15. Furthermore, a retrograde tracer - choleratoxin-B - was injected into the dorsal part of the CN between anterior 12 and 13. We detected a large number of labeled neurons in the fundus and the dorsal part of the AES between the coordinates anterior 12-14. Based upon our recent results we argue that there is a direct monosynaptic connection between the visual associative cortex along the AES and the CN. Beside the posterior thalamus, the AES cortex should also participate in the transmission of the tectal visual information to the CN. This pathway is likely to convey complex information containing both sensory and motor components toward the basal ganglia, which supports their integrative function in visuomotor actions such as motion and novelty detection and saccade generation.
KW - Anterior ectosylvian visual cortex
KW - Anterograde and retrograde tracing
KW - Cat
KW - Caudate nucleus
KW - Extrageniculo-extrastriatal visual system
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