title: [Qualitative and quantitative studies on the lateral geniculate body in an ontogenic series of male Tupaia belangeri].
abstract: The cyto-, fibrillo- and myeloarchitectonics of the dorsal and ventral lateral geniculate body are described in an ontogenetic series of male Tupaia belangeri using light microscopy. The qualitative maturational changes show a heterochronical development. The ventral nucleus is developing earlier than the dorsal nucleus. A quantitative analysis of the fresh volume growth of the two brain regions also shows a heterochronical development. Two different kinds of growth curves were found. The dorsal lateral geniculate body has an overshooting growth which is approximated by the 6-parametric growth function: formula: (see text), The ventral lateral geniculate body shows a monotonously increasing s-shaped growth curve which is approximated by the generalized logistic growth function: formula: (see text), An analysis of the fresh volume growth of the six layers of the dorsal lateral geniculate body demonstrates all layers to take part in the overshooting growth type.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D011443:Strepsirhini / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014418:Tupaiidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
vernacular_title: Qualitative und quantitative Untersuchungen des Corpus geniculatum laterale an einer ontogenetischen Reihe von männlichen Tupaia belangeri.