Anatomical identification of an auditory pathway from a nucleus of the lateral lemniscal system to the frontal telencephalon (nucleus basalis) of the pigeon.
Anterograde and retrograde tracing experiments employing WGA-HRP were used to identify an auditory projection area within the frontal telencephalon of the pigeon. The projection originates in a nucleus of the lateral lemniscus, travels with the quintofrontal tract and terminates within nucleus basalis. The location of the projection area and the absence of a thalamic relay in its pathway are consistent with previous reports of short-latency auditory potentials evoked in the vicinity of the nucleus basalis in several avian species.
D000818:Animals; D001306:Auditory Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D010856:Columbidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013687:Telencephalon / Q000033:anatomy & histology*