title: Ventral lateral geniculate nucleus projects to the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus in the cat.
abstract: The lamina C3 of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat does not receive retinal projections but instead receives visual information from the small subpopulation of W-type ganglion cells via the upper substratum of the stratum griseum superficiale of the superior colliculus. We herein report a projection from the lateral division of the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus into the lamina C3 of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus. As the lateral division receives projections from the contralateral retina and the ipsilateral upper stratum griseum superficiale of the superior colliculus, we suggest that these regions make up a small cell type W-cell neuronal network that provides visual information to layer I of the striate cortex via the lamina C3.
authors.affiliation: Department of Morphological Neuroscience, Division of Neuroscience, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan. hiron@cc.gifu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Rile
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onozuka
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Itoh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000502:physiology*; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D018998:Wheat Germ Agglutinin-Horseradish Peroxidase Conjugate / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018998:Wheat Germ Agglutinin-Horseradish Peroxidase Conjugate