title: Interlayer neurones in the rat superior colliculus: a tracer study using Dil/Di-ASP.
abstract: Five different populations of interlayer neurones (ILNs) can be described after DiI/Di-ASP tracing in rat superior colliculus (SC). All of these labelled neurones preferentially lay in the rostro-medial part of the SC. Most of them are located in the stratum opticum and in the stratum griseum superficiale. Our results indicate that ILNs represent a minority of neurones in the superficial layers but may constitute a substantial population of neurones in the stratum opticum connecting the visual and the multimodal collicular layers.
authors.affiliation: Universität Leipzig, Paul-Flechsig-Institut für Hirnforschung, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hilbig
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schierwagen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002232:Carbocyanines; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D002232:Carbocyanines; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds; C052247:4-(4-diethylaminostyryl)-N-methylpyridinium; C024286:3,3'-dioctadecylindocarbocyanine