The organization of immature callosal connections. 1984

G M Innocenti, and S Clarke

In newborn kittens, the anterograde transport of horseradish peroxidase, alone or bound to wheat-germ agglutinin, indicates that callosal axons have entered selectively the restricted portions of the neocortical gray matter (e.g., the area 17/18 border) which receive callosal afferents in adults. The callosal axons do also reach regions where they lack in the adult, but there they seem not to penetrate far into the gray matter. Neonatal injections of retrograde fluorescent tracers restricted to the gray matter in areas 17, 18, and posteromedial lateral suprasylvian area (PMLS) label neurons in the contralateral hemisphere only when the tracers were directed into regions known to receive callosal axons. In particular, injections near the 17/18 border label neurons in the contralateral hemisphere at the homologous site and at restricted, retinotopically corresponding locations in other visual areas: a pattern similar to the adult one. In contrast, an injection reaching the white matter of areas 17 or 18 labels a wider, continuous territory extending mediolaterally over most visual areas from 17 to posterolateral lateral suprasylvian area (PLLS) and including regions which later become acallosal; in addition, labeled neurons are found in the limbic cortex medial to area 17 and in the auditory cortex lateral to PLLS, none of which is known to project to either 17 or 18 in the adult. In flattened reconstructions of the cortex, the shape of the territory labeled by each of these injections is characteristically, although somewhat irregularly, crescent shaped; its rostrocaudal position varies with that of the injection. An injection extending into the white matter of more lateral visual areas (19, 21a, PMLS) labels callosal neurons over a similar territory, which extensively overlaps that labeled by the 17/18 border injections and likewise includes regions which are acallosal in the adult. In spite of the overlapping distribution of labeling obtained from separate injection sites, as in adults, each cytoarchitectonically (or retinotopically) defined area seems to receive from a different set of neurons, although a few neurons send bifurcating axons to more than one area. In conclusion, injections restricted to the cortical gray matter reveal a topographic organization of juvenile callosal connections similar to that of the adult. In contrast, injections extending into the white matter and adequate to reach the transitory callosal axons which appear to be confined there reveal what appears to be an earlier organization. These two organizations probably reflect different morphogenetic factors.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002415 Cats The domestic cat, Felis catus, of the carnivore family FELIDAE, comprising over 30 different breeds. The domestic cat is descended primarily from the wild cat of Africa and extreme southwestern Asia. Though probably present in towns in Palestine as long ago as 7000 years, actual domestication occurred in Egypt about 4000 years ago. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed, p801) Felis catus,Felis domesticus,Domestic Cats,Felis domestica,Felis sylvestris catus,Cat,Cat, Domestic,Cats, Domestic,Domestic Cat
D003337 Corpus Callosum Broad plate of dense myelinated fibers that reciprocally interconnect regions of the cortex in all lobes with corresponding regions of the opposite hemisphere. The corpus callosum is located deep in the longitudinal fissure. Interhemispheric Commissure,Neocortical Commissure,Callosum, Corpus,Callosums, Corpus,Commissure, Interhemispheric,Commissure, Neocortical,Commissures, Interhemispheric,Commissures, Neocortical,Corpus Callosums,Interhemispheric Commissures,Neocortical Commissures
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000831 Animals, Newborn Refers to animals in the period of time just after birth. Animals, Neonatal,Animal, Neonatal,Animal, Newborn,Neonatal Animal,Neonatal Animals,Newborn Animal,Newborn Animals
D000882 Haplorhini A suborder of PRIMATES consisting of six families: CEBIDAE (some New World monkeys), ATELIDAE (some New World monkeys), CERCOPITHECIDAE (Old World monkeys), HYLOBATIDAE (gibbons and siamangs), CALLITRICHINAE (marmosets and tamarins), and HOMINIDAE (humans and great apes). Anthropoidea,Monkeys,Anthropoids,Monkey
D014793 Visual Cortex Area of the OCCIPITAL LOBE concerned with the processing of visual information relayed via VISUAL PATHWAYS. Area V2,Area V3,Area V4,Area V5,Associative Visual Cortex,Brodmann Area 18,Brodmann Area 19,Brodmann's Area 18,Brodmann's Area 19,Cortical Area V2,Cortical Area V3,Cortical Area V4,Cortical Area V5,Secondary Visual Cortex,Visual Cortex Secondary,Visual Cortex V2,Visual Cortex V3,Visual Cortex V3, V4, V5,Visual Cortex V4,Visual Cortex V5,Visual Cortex, Associative,Visual Motion Area,Extrastriate Cortex,Area 18, Brodmann,Area 18, Brodmann's,Area 19, Brodmann,Area 19, Brodmann's,Area V2, Cortical,Area V3, Cortical,Area V4, Cortical,Area V5, Cortical,Area, Visual Motion,Associative Visual Cortices,Brodmanns Area 18,Brodmanns Area 19,Cortex Secondary, Visual,Cortex V2, Visual,Cortex V3, Visual,Cortex, Associative Visual,Cortex, Extrastriate,Cortex, Secondary Visual,Cortex, Visual,Cortical Area V3s,Extrastriate Cortices,Secondary Visual Cortices,V3, Cortical Area,V3, Visual Cortex,V4, Area,V4, Cortical Area,V5, Area,V5, Cortical Area,V5, Visual Cortex,Visual Cortex Secondaries,Visual Cortex, Secondary,Visual Motion Areas
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus

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