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Thalamic origin of neuropeptide Y innervation of the accessory optic nucleus of the pigeon (Columba livia)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

Dânia E. Hamassaki  and
Luiz R. G. Britto
Dânia E. Hamassaki
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, São Paulo State University, Sāo Paulo, Brazil
Luiz R. G. Britto
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, São Paulo State University, Sāo Paulo, Brazil
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Abstract

Immunohistochemical and tracing techniques were used in combination to reveal the source of a neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactive (NPY-LI) plexus in the nucleus of the basal optic root (nBOR) of the pigeon accessory optic system. Injections of rhodamine-labeled latex microspheres into nBOR produced retrograde labeling of a population of neurons interposed between the principal optic nucleus of the dorsolateral thalamus (equivalent to the mammalian dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus) and the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus. The retrogradely labeled neurons were distributed mainly in the immediate vicinity of the lateral, dorsal, and ventral aspects of the nucleus rotundus. Immunohistochemical methods revealed many NPY-containing somata within the same intergeniculate thalamic area. Double-labeling immunohistochemical and retrograde tracing experiments evidenced that many NPY-LI neurons in the intergeniculate area contained rhodamine microspheres that had been previously injected into the ipsilateral nBOR. The projection of that general thalamic area to the nBOR was then confirmed by means of anterograde transport of Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin. In these experiments, the intergeniculate region was demonstrated to project to all divisions of the nBOR and to every other retino-recipient structure, including the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Finally, electrolytic lesions of the intergeniculate area produced a dramatic reduction in the number of NPY-LI axons and terminals within the ipsilateral nBOR and also within other retino-recipient structures. These data indicate the existence of a thalamic NPY-LI projection to the pigeon nBOR of the accessory optic system. This chemically specific projection originates from the intergeniculate area, which was shown in this study to project to all other retino-recipient structures. Thus, NPY may have a role in the functional organization of the accessory optic system and also of the avian visual system as a whole.

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Accessory optic systemImmunohistochemistryIntergeniculate leafletNeuropeptide YSubcortical visual pathwaysVisual system

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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , September 1990 , pp. 249 - 259
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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