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[35S]Methionine was injected into the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus of 5 adult tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri) and into the medioventral thalamic nucleus in another tree shrew. Three animals survived for 44 h and three others for two weeks (including the animal with the injection in the medioventral nucleus). Contact autoradiograms were made on an X-ray film. The mediodorsal thalamic nucleus was found to project ipsilaterally to all surfaces of the frontal pole of the cerebral cortex. No other projections of this nucleus have been established. Also in this species, the medioventral nucleus projects to the first layer of the entire neocortex ipsilaterally and to the mesencephalic tegmentum.

Type

Journal article

Journal

Neurosci Lett

Publication Date

08/1980

Volume

19

Pages

21 - 26

Keywords

Animals, Brain Mapping, Efferent Pathways, Frontal Lobe, Species Specificity, Tegmentum Mesencephali, Thalamic Nuclei, Tupaia, Tupaiidae