Projections of the medial terminal nucleus of the accessory optic system upon pretectal nuclei in the pigmented rat.

Abstract:

:The projections of the medial terminal nucleus (MTN) of the accessory optic system (AOS) upon pretectal nuclei have been studied in pigmented rats by means of (i) the anterograde transport of 3H-leucine with the use of light autoradiography and (ii) the retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase (HRP). Injections of 3H-leucine largely restricted to the MTN and minimally involving adjacent ventral midbrain structures, produced heavy terminal axonal labeling within the ipsilateral nucleus of the optic tract (NOT) and the dorsal terminal nucleus (DTN) of the AOS. Terminal labeling was observed in all superficial portions of the NOT, except for a small ventromedial segment in the rostral two thirds and a larger medial segment in the caudal one third of this nucleus. Thus the MTN-NOT projections we describe entirely overlap the retinal-NOT projection and partially overlap the visual cortical-NOT, as reported by others. Within the DTN, the dense terminal fields covered the entire nucleus. After postinjection survival times of 3-7 days, the pattern of axonal labeling showed that the MTN-NOT projection consisted of three bundles: (i) a superficial mesencephalic bundle coursing within the superior fasciculus, posterior fibers of the AOS which enters the caudal portions of the NOT and the DTN; (ii) a deep mesencephalic bundle that traversed the midbrain tegmentum dorsolaterally, also reaching the caudal one-half of the NOT and all of the DTN; and (iii) a mesodiencephalic bundle that passed first laterally through midbrain tegmentum and then dorsally through lateral thalamus to enter the rostral one-half of the NOT. Pretectal injections of HRP that invade the NOT and DTN produced retrograde labeling of most (ca. 75%) of the neurons of the ipsilateral MTN, without labeling the adjacent substantia nigra or ventral tegmental area. This finding confirms our autoradiographic data by showing that the MTN provides the major, ventral tegmental projection to the NOT and DTN. The present finding of a MTN-NOT projection, combined with available anatomical and physiological data, suggests that the MTN may play a more significant role in visual-vestibular aspects of oculomotor control than formerly thought.

journal_name

Exp Brain Res

authors

Blanks RH,Giolli RA,Pham SV

doi

10.1007/BF00237218

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1982-01-01 00:00:00

pages

228-37

issue

2

eissn

0014-4819

issn

1432-1106

journal_volume

48

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