title: Asymmetry is present in the thalamofugal visual projections of female chicks.
abstract: Asymmetry of the thalamofugal visual projections of the chick has been previously reported to exist in males but not females. Using a larger sample size and a double-labelling procedure, projections to the visual Wulst were labelled with the retrograde tracers True Blue and Fluoro-gold and the ratio of contralateral projections to ipsilateral projections was calculated. We found that asymmetry does exist in female chicks, but to a lesser degree than in males.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajendra
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Rogers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D005260:Female; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D008297:Male; D016548:Prosencephalon / Q000502:physiology*; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D013266:Stilbamidines; D013788:Thalamus / Q000502:physiology*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: C049774:2-hydroxy-4,4'-diamidinostilbene, methanesulfonate salt; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D013266:Stilbamidines