title: Vestibulo-thalamic projection to the anterior suprasylvian cortex of the cat.
abstract: Suggestive evidence as to the site of a major thalamic relay of the vestibular projection to the anterior suprasylvian (ASS) cortex in the cat has been obtained using the retrograde axonal transport of horseradish peroxidase. The thalamo-cortical neurons are located in several patches surrounding the posterior margins of the ventro-basal complex (VB). This area also was found to receive vestibulo-thalamic projections. It comprises different nuclear groups known to carry somatic, acoustic, visual or combined information, which possibly have certain functions related to kinaesthesia and body orientation in common.
mesh_terms: D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002415:Cats; D002535:Cerebral Aqueduct / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase; D009474:Neurons / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology; D013787:Thalamic Nuclei / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014726:Vestibular Nuclei / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
chemical_list: D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase