Histochemical characterisation of the pretecto-geniculate projection in kitten and adult cat.
Neurons in the pretectal nuclear complex projecting to the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (LGNd) in cat were studied at different postnatal ages by using a combination of retrograde tracing techniques with glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) in situ hybridisation and calbindin-D28K (CALB) and parvalbumin (PARV) immunocytochemistry. About 50% of the neurons retrogradely labelled from the LGNd expressed GAD mRNA and this percentage did not change during postnatal development. LGNd-projecting neurons were never observed to be CALB- or PARV-immunoreactive.
Reimann
S
S
Allgemeine Zoologie and Neurobiologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
Schmidt
M
M
D000818:Animals; D064026:Calbindins; D002415:Cats; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D010320:Parvalbumins / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G / Q000378:metabolism; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000502:physiology
D064026:Calbindins; D010320:Parvalbumins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase