Ascending projections from the nucleus of the brachium of the inferior colliculus in the cat |
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Authors: | M Kudo T Tashiro S Higo T Matsuyama Dr S Kawamura |
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Institution: | (1) 1st Department of Anatomy, Kumamoto University Medical School, 860 Kumamoto, Japan;(2) Present address: Department of Psychology, Florida State University, 32306 Tallahassee, FL, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Ascending projections from the nucleus of the brachium of the inferior colliculus (NBIC) in the cat were studied by the autoradiographic tracing method. Many fibers from the NBIC ascend ipsilaterally in the lateral tegmentum along the medial border of the brachium of the inferior colliculus. At midbrain levels, fibers from the NBIC end in the superior colliculus, the pretectum, the central gray and the peripeduncular tegmental region bilaterally with ipsilateral predominance. NBIC fibers to the superior colliculus are distributed densely to laminae VI an III throughout the whole rostrocaudal extent of the colliculus. In the pretectum, NBIC fibers terminate in the anterior and medial nuclei and the nucleus of the posterior commissure. NBIC fibers to the dorsal thalamus are distributed largely ipsilaterally. Many NBIC fibers end in the dorsal and medial divisions of the medial geniculate body, but few in the ventral division. The NBIC also sends fibers to the suprageniculate, limitans and lateralis posterior nuclei and the lateral portion of the posterior nuclear complex; these regions of termination of NBIC fibers constitute, as a whole, a single NBIC recipient sector. Additionally, the NBIC sends fibers to the centralis lateralis, medialis dorsalis, paraventricular and subparafascicular nuclei of the thalamus.Abbreviations APtC
Pars compacta of anterior pretectal nucleus
- APtR
Pars reticulata of anterior pretectal nucleus
- BIC
Brachium of infertior colliculus
- CG
Central gray
- CL
Nucleus centralis lateralis
- CP
Cerebral peduncle
- D
Dorsal division of medial geniculate body
- IC
Inferior colliculus
- LG
Lateral geniculate body
- LP
Nucleus lateralis posterior
- Lim
Nucleus limitans
- M
Medial division of medial geniculate body
- MD
Nucleus medialis dorsalis
- ML
Medial lemniscus
- NBIC
Nucleus of brachium of inferior colliculus
- NPC
Nucleus of posterior commissure
- PN
Pontine nuclei
- Ppr
Peripeduncular region
- Pt
Pretectum
- Pbg
Parabigeminal nucleus
- Pol
Lateral portion of posterior nuclear complex
- Pom
Medial portion of posterior nuclear complex
- Pul
Pulvinar
- Pv
Nucleus paraventricularis
- R
Red nucleus
- SC
Superior colliculus
- Sg
Nucleus suprageniculatus
- Spf
Nucleus subparafascicularis
- V
Ventral division of medial geniculate body
- VPL
Nucleus ventralis posterolateralis
- VPM
Nucleus ventralis posteromedialis
- II,III,IV,VI
Tectal laminae |
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Keywords: | Ascending auditory pathway Inferior colliculus Medial geniculate body Cat Autoradiography |
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