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The Termination of Retinofugal Fibers in the Crab‐Eating Monkey ( Macaca irus ): an Autoradiographic Study
Author(s) -
Nakagawa Shiro,
Konishi Nobuaki,
Yasui Masayuki,
Kanagawa Ryuichi
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1980.tb01522.x
Subject(s) - pretectal area , suprachiasmatic nucleus , superior colliculi , superior colliculus , anatomy , biology , retina , nucleus , geniculate body , retinal , diencephalon , midbrain , neuroscience , visual system , hypothalamus , central nervous system , visual cortex , biochemistry
In the crab‐eating monkey ( Macaca irus ), the subcortical projection from the retina was studied by means of the autoradiographic method. Retinofugal fibers terminated bilaterally in the suprachiasmatic, pregeniculate, lateral geniculate, olivary, pretectal, lateral terminal and dorsal terminal nuclei and the superior colliculi. In the ipsilateral lateral geniculate nucleus, the retinofugal fibers terminated on laminae 0, 2, 3, and 5; in the contralateral nucleus, they ended in laminae 1, 4, and 6. In the superior colliculi, retinal terminals were aggregated in the stratum griseum superficiale. The ipsilateral suprachiasmatic nucleus showed a heavier labeling than the contralateral nucleus.