Tectal projection to an unusual nucleus in the diencephalon of a teleost fish, Pantodon buchholzi.
Nucleus rostrolateralis, a newly identified nucleus, has been found to date in only three species of ray-finned fishes, two of which are osteoglossomorphs. It is relatively large and well developed in only one of the osteoglossomorphs, Pantodon buchholzi, in which it receives a relatively sparse, primarily contralateral, input from the retina. The present report describes a relatively intense, bilateral projection from the optic tectum to nucleus rostrolateralis.
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D000818:Animals; D002232:Carbocyanines; D004027:Diencephalon / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D005399:Fishes / Q000502:physiology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000502:physiology*
D002232:Carbocyanines; C024286:3,3'-dioctadecylindocarbocyanine; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase