Interlayer neurones in the rat superior colliculus: a tracer study using Dil/Di-ASP.
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.
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Universität Leipzig, Paul-Flechsig-Institut für Hirnforschung, Germany.
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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*
D002232:Carbocyanines; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds; C052247:4-(4-diethylaminostyryl)-N-methylpyridinium; C024286:3,3'-dioctadecylindocarbocyanine