title: A zinc-containing fiber system of thalamic origin.
abstract: Zinc-containing neurons are cells that sequester zinc presynaptically and release it when active. Previously such neurons have been found almost exclusively in cerebrocortical and amygdalar regions. Here we describe a thalamo-cortical pathway that is zinc-containing, namely, the projection from the anterodorsal nucleus of the thalamus to the subicular cortex. The pathway was identified by the zinc-specific retrograde transport methods; its addition to the zinc-containing cerebral circuitry reinforces the association of the zinc-containing terminals with cortico-limbic systems.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Neurobiology, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson 75080.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Frederickson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D008297:Male; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000737:chemistry*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013788:Thalamus / Q000737:chemistry*; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D015032:Zinc