title: Calbindin-containing non-specific thalamocortical projecting neurons in the rat.
abstract: Immunoreactivity for calcium binding proteins was used to demonstrate the neurochemical profiles of non-specific thalamocortical neurons located in the ventromedial nucleus, the centrolateral nucleus, and the nucleus reuniens that project to the somatosensory cortex in the adult rat. Cortical injections of fluorescent tracers combined with immunohistochemistry for calcium binding proteins revealed that retrogradely labeled neurons in these three thalamic nuclei are immunoreactive for calbindin. The present results suggest the presence of a chemically distinct non-specific thalamocortical system which terminates in the neocortex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19102-1192, USA.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Nicolelis
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Chapin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D064026:Calbindins; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D051381:Rats; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G / Q000737:chemistry*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
chemical_list: D064026:Calbindins; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G