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Subcortical connections of visual areas MST and FST in macaques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2009

Driss Boussaoud ,
Robert Desimone  and
Leslie G. Ungerleider
Driss Boussaoud
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda
Robert Desimone
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda
Leslie G. Ungerleider*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda
*
Address all correspondence and reprint requests to: Leslie G. Ungerleider, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Building 9, Room 1E104, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Abstract

To examine the subcorctical connections of the medial superior temporal and fundus of the superior temporal visual areas (MST and FST, respectively), we injected anterograde and retrograde tracers into 16 physiologically identified sites within the two areas in seven macaque monkeys. The subcortical connections of MST and FST were found to be very similar. Both areas were found to be reciprocally connected with the pulvinar, mainly with its medial subdivision, and with the claustrum. Nonreciprocal projections from both MST and FST were consistently found in the striatum (caudate and putamen), reticular nucleus of the thalamus, and the pontine nuclei. The labeled terminals in the pons were in the dorsolateral, lateral, dorsal, and peduncular nuclei. Additional nonreciprocal projections were found in one MST and one FST case to the nucleus of the optic tract, and, in one FST case, to the lateral terminal nucleus. Finally, three cases showed a nonreciprocal projection to FST from the basal forebrain. The subcortical structures containing label following MST and FST injections were largely the same as those labeled after injections of the middle temporal visual area (MT), but the label within each structure after MST and FST injections was more widespread than that from MT, overlapping the distribution of label that has been reported after injections of parietal visual areas. This finding is consistent with the known contributions of MST and FST to the functions of parietal cortex, such as eye-movement control.

Keywords

PulvinarClaustrumStriatumPonsExtrastriate cortex
Type
Research Articles
Information
Visual Neuroscience , Volume 9 , Issue 3-4 , October 1992 , pp. 291 - 302
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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