title: The demonstration of a retinal projection to the medial pretectal nucleus in the domestic cat and the squirrel monkey: an autoradiographic analysis.
abstract: The anterograde autoradiographic tracing technique was used to demonstrate a projection from the retina to the medial pretectal nucleus in the domestic cat and the squirrel monkey. In the cat, the pathway terminates within the contralateral nucleus in two discrete loci. In the squirrel monkey, the retino-medial pretectal pathway is bilateral and terminates in a single locus.
mesh_terms: D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D001370:Axonal Transport; D002415:Cats; D011392:Proline; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology*; D012453:Saimiri; D013045:Species Specificity; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011392:Proline