Expansion of the ipsilateral retinal projection to the medial terminal nucleus of the accessory optic system in rats with one eye removed.
Expansion of ipsilateral retinal inputs into terminal regions of the accessory optic system was assessed in rats with one eye removed either at birth or as adults and in one animal with a congenital absence of one eye. The increase in the ipsilateral projection to the medial terminal nucleus in animals receiving unilateral enucleation at birth was greater than after eye removal as an adult. The greatest increase was observed in the animal with the congenital loss of one eye. No ipsilateral projection to other nuclei of the accessory optic system was observed.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005123:Eye / Q000294:innervation; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012160:Retina / Q000294:innervation*