title: [Topography and cytoarchitecture of the diencephalon in the female comestic cattle (Bos taurus var. dom.)].
abstract: Ten brains of cows were, immediately after slaughter, embedded in celloidin, sliced, and stained to visualise neurocytes and nerve fibres, with the view to elucidating the structures of bovine diencephalon. Macroscopically, the diencephalon of cow is characterised by a comparatively strong epithalamic part, large laterally supported Corpora geniculata lateralis, pronounced ventricular bulgings, almost complete fusion of thalami with Massa intermedia, and very large pituitary gland. The five compartments of bovine interbrain are strongly developed and clearly delimitated by fibrous strings and platelets. By due consideration of the major fibre structures and cyto-architectonic characteristics, 62 nuclei may be differentiated in either half of the diencephalon, with 28 being situated in the thalamus and 23 in the hypothalamus. Two nuclear regions each were recordable from the epithalamus, metathalamus, and subthalamus.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D004027:Diencephalon / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013788:Thalamus / Q000033:anatomy & histology
vernacular_title: Topographisch-zytoarchitektonische Untersuchungen am Dienzephalon des weiblichen Hausrindes (Bos taurus var. dom.)