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Some aspects of the organization of the thalamic reticular complex

Jones, E. G.·1975·Journal of Comparative Neurology

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Anatomical methods which depend upon the anterograde axonal transport of isotopically labeled neuronal proteins or the retrograde axonal transport of the enzyme, horseradish peroxidase, have been used to elucidate the relationships between the reticular complex and the dorsal thalamus and cerebral cortex. Injections of tritiated amino acids in the dorsal thalamus or cerebral cortex in rats, cats and monkeys, show that as the bundles of thalamo-cortical and cortico-thalamic fibers joining a particular dorsal thalamic nucleus to its associated area of the cerebral cortex traverse the reticular complex, they each give rise to a dense zone of terminals occupying a sector of the reticular complex which is relatively constant for that dorsal thalamic nucleus and cortical area. However, because of the wide extent of the dendritic fields of the reticular cells and the degree of overlap between the sectors of the complex subtended by adjacent dorsal thalamic nuclei and adjacent cortical areas, it is likely that the reticular complex samples thalamo-cortical and cortico-thalamic activity in a somewhat unspecific manner. Fibers passing to the reticular complex from the intralaminar nuclei of the thalamus appear to be associated with the projection from the intralaminar nuclei to the striatum. Injections of tritiated amino acids in the reticular complex itself and injections of horseradish peroxidase in various other parts of the brain show that the only efferent pathway from the reticul…

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Authors
Jones, E. G.
Affiliations
Washington University in St. Louis (US)
Corresponding author
Jones, E. G.
Venue
Journal of Comparative Neurology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1975-08
Volume
162
Issue
3
Pages
285-308
ISSN
  • 0021-9967 (ISSN-L)
  • 1096-9861
OpenAlex
W2091451094
Cited by
582
References
30
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Keywords
dorsal thalamus, thalamocortical connections, intralaminar nuclei, striatum, reticular cells, horseradish peroxidase tracing, axonal transport, ventral thalamus, cerebral cortex
MeSH terms
Animals, Autoradiography, Cats, Cerebral Cortex, Leucine, Macaca, Macaca mulatta, Peroxidases, Proline, Reticular Formation, Saimiri, Thalamus, Tritium, Rats

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