Target cells for the isthmo-optic fibers in the retina of the Japanese quail.
The isthmo-optic nucleus (ION) is the major origin of the centrifugal fibers projecting to the avian retina. The retinopetal fibers from the ION were labeled with biocytin and examined light- and electron-microscopically in the Japanese quail. The terminals were seen on cell bodies in the inner part of the inner nuclear layer. These neurons innervated with the isthmo-optic fibers appear to constitute a separate population different from the 'ordinary' amacrine cells.
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Department of Anatomy, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
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D000818:Animals; D003370:Coturnix / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D008239:Lysine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism
C013411:biocytin; D008239:Lysine