Parasympathetic nuclei.
A series of experiments in monkeys using the fluorescent tracer substances Fast Blue and Nuclear yellow as well as wheat germ agglutinin-horseradish peroxidase injected into the ciliary ganglion has demonstrated labeling in 3 distinct regions of the mesencephalon: (1) anterior median nucleus; (2) Edinger-Westphal nucleus; and (3) the nucleus of Perlia. Further it was shown that the caudal extent of the Edinger-Westphal nucleus reaches the level of the central caudal nucleus of the somatic complex and that the lateral visceral column divided into a major and accessory column at the junction of the middle and posterior one-third of the somatic complex.
Burde
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Department of Ophthalmology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467.
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D000578:Amidines; D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D005726:Ganglia, Parasympathetic / Q000502:physiology; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D009802:Oculomotor Nerve / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014909:Wheat Germ Agglutinins; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides
D000578:Amidines; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase; D014909:Wheat Germ Agglutinins; C031455:diamidino compound 253-50; C036574:nuclear yellow; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides