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Architectonic subdivisions of the inferior pulvinar in New World and Old World monkeys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

Iwona Stepniewska  and
Jon H. Kaas
Iwona Stepniewska
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville
Jon H. Kaas
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville
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Abstract

Architectonic subdivisions of the inferior pulvinar (PI) complex were delineated in New World owl and squirrel monkeys and Old World macaque monkeys. Brain sections were processed for Nissl substance, myelin, cytochrome oxidase (CO), acetylcholinesterase (AChE), calbindin-D28K (Cb), or with the monoclonal antibody Cat-301. In all three primates, we identified the posterior nucleus (PIp) and the medial nucleus (PIm) of previous reports, and divided the previously recognized central nucleus (PIc) into two subdivisions, medial (PIcm) and lateral (PIcl). Each nucleus had several features that allowed it to be readily distinguished. (1) PIp was dark in Cb, and moderately dark in AChE and CO preparations. (2) PIm was Cb light, and AChE and CO dark. (3) PIcm was Cb dark, and AChE and CO light. (4) PIcl was Cb moderate with a scattering of dark neurons, and moderately dark for AChE and CO. (5) In sections processed for Cat-301, PIm in macaque monkeys and PIcm and PIp in squirrel monkeys stained darkly, while little staining was apparent in owl monkeys. The results allowed subdivisions of the inferior pulvinar to be more clearly defined, homologized, and compared across taxa. All monkeys appear to have the same four subdivisions of the PI, although properties vary.

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Visual systemThalamusCat-301Calbindin

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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 14 , Issue 6 , November 1997 , pp. 1043 - 1060
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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