Projections from the medial agranular cortex to brain stem visuomotor centers in rats |
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Authors: | S L Stuesse D B Newman |
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Institution: | (1) Neurobiology Department, N.E.Ohio Universities, College of Medicine, 44272 Rootstown, OH, USA;(2) Department of Anatomy, F. Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services, University of the Health Sciences, 20814-4799 Bethesda, MD, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Projections from medial agranular cortex to brain stem in rat were determined by use of the anterograde tracers Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin, or wheat germ agglutinin conjugated horseradish peroxidase. Axonal trajectories were also followed by means of the Wiitanen modification of the Fink-Heimer degeneration technique. AGm was identified on the basis of its cytoarchitectonics. AGm projected to the anterior pretectal nucleus, the rostral interstitial nucleus of the medial longitudinal fasciculus, the medial accessory oculomotor nucleus of Bechterew, the interstitial nucleus of Cajal, the nucleus of Darkschewitsch, the nucleus cuneiformis and subcuneiformis, intermediate and deep superior collicular layers, the paramedian pontine reticular formation (reticularis pontis oralis and caudalis, and reticularis gigantocellularis), and raphe centralis superior. Differences in connections between rostral and caudal injections were observed: pontine and medullary projections were lighter from the rostral portion of AGm than from the more caudal portions of AGm. The heaviest projections to the anterior pretectal nucleus were from the caudal portion of AGm. The subcortical projections were very similar to those described for the frontal eye field in monkeys, and the majority of them targeted areas thought to be involved in coordination of gaze with head and neck movements. Thus AGm in rats may contain the homologue of the primate frontal eye fields.Abbreviations 3
main oculomotor nucleus
- 7
facial motor nucleus;
- I, II–IV, V, and VI
cortical layers
- III
third ventricle
- 7n
facial nerve
- AC
Anterior commissure
- AGm
medial agranular cortex
- Bec
Nucleus of Bechterew
- cc
corpus callosum
- Dark
Nucleus of Darkschewitsch
- Dc
dorsal cochlear nucleus
- DLG
dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus
- F
fornix
- fr
fasciculus retroflexus
- ic
inferior colliculus
- Me5
mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus
- ml
medial lemniscus
- mlf
medial longitudinal fasciculus
- Mo5
trigeminal motor nucleus
- nV
trigeminal nerve
- pc
posterior commissure
- pn
pons
- Po
posterior thalamic nucleus
- PPo
pedunculo-pontine nucleus
- PPRF
paramedian pontine reticular formation
- py
pyramidal tract
- R
red nucleus
- RaCs
raphe centralis superior
- RaD
dorsal raphe nucleus
- RCf
reticularis cuneiformis
- RiMLF
rostral interstitial nucleus of the medial longitudinal fasciculus
- RMc
reticularis magnocellularis
- RPc
reticularis parvocellularis
- RPoCa
reticularis pontis caudalis pars alpha
- RPoCb
reticularis pontis caudalis pars beta
- RPoO
reticularis pontis oralis
- RPoOm
reticularis pontis oralis pars medialis
- RScf
reticularis subcuneiformis
- sc
superior colliculus
- SCP
superior cerebellar peduncle
- so
superior olive
- Sp5
spinal trigeminal nucleus
- Tz
trapezoid nucleus
- WGA-HRP
wheat germ agglutinin- horseradish peroxidase |
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Keywords: | Frontal cortex Frontal eye fields Reticular formation Brain stem Preoculomotor nuclei Rat |
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