title: Histochemical characterisation of the pretecto-geniculate projection in kitten and adult cat.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Allgemeine Zoologie and Neurobiologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reimann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D064026:Calbindins; D010320:Parvalbumins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase