Extrinsic and intrinsic connections of the cat's lateral suprasylvian visual area. 1996

M Norita, and M Kase, and K Hoshino, and R Meguro, and S Funaki, and S Hirano, and J G McHaffie
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Niigata University, School of Medicine, Japan. mnorita@med.niigata-u.ac.jp

The lateral suprasylvian visual area (LS) is known to have numerous interconnections with visual cortical areas as well as with subcortical structures implicated in visually-guided behaviors. In contrast, little data is available regarding connections within the LS itself. In order to obtain information about intra-areal connections and to re-investigate LS connectivity with various cortical and subcortical areas, the traces (biocytin or WGA-HRP) was injected into various loci along the medial and lateral banks of the LS. The anterograde tracer, biocytin injections into both medial and lateral bank produced label contained within the respective bank that extended rostrally and caudally from the infection site. In addition, following medical bank injections, considerable label was distributed throughout the fundus and, to a lesser extent, in the lateral bank. In contrast, no label could be detected in the medial bank after lateral bank injections, and, although label was observed in the fundus, it was restricted to the most lateral aspects. Moderate labeling could be observed in the medial bank following the tracer injection into the most rostral aspect of the lateral bank. It is likely that input derived from various visual cortical areas which project to the medial bank of the LS has access to this intra-areal circuitry. This may provide a route by which visual cortical information can be relayed to other cortical and subcortical structures involved in visually-guided behaviors such as the anterior ectosylvian visual cortex, striatum, and the deep layers of the superior colliculus, despite the fact that these structures themselves do not receive substantial direct projections from the visual cortical areas that are associated with the medial bank. Examination of the laminar location of the cells-of-origin of striate and extrastriate projections to LS using retrograde trace, WGA-HRP, revealed that the supragranular laminae of areas 17, 18 and 19 were the source of LS afferents whereas afferents from the other cortical areas (e.g., 20a, 20b, 21a, 21b, 7 and anterior ectosylvian visual area) were from both supra- and infragranular laminae. In addition, all LS subregions received intra-areal afferent projections from all LS cortical laminae. Thus, although rather clear hierarchical relationship between LS and visual cortical areas appears to exist, the interconnections among LS subregions provide no clear evidence of simple hierarchical relationships between regions LS or may have feed-forward and feed-back pathways.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
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
D005260 Female Females
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
D013788 Thalamus Paired bodies containing mostly GRAY MATTER and forming part of the lateral wall of the THIRD VENTRICLE of the brain. Thalamencephalon,Thalamencephalons
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
D014795 Visual Pathways Set of cell bodies and nerve fibers conducting impulses from the eyes to the cerebral cortex. It includes the RETINA; OPTIC NERVE; optic tract; and geniculocalcarine tract. Pathway, Visual,Pathways, Visual,Visual Pathway
D014796 Visual Perception The selecting and organizing of visual stimuli based on the individual's past experience. Visual Processing,Perception, Visual,Processing, Visual

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