Evidence for two complementary patterns of thalamic input to the rat somatosensory cortex

K A Koralek; K F Jensen; H P Killackey

doi:10.1016/0006-8993(88)90408-8

Evidence for two complementary patterns of thalamic input to the rat somatosensory cortex

Brain Res. 1988 Nov 1;463(2):346-51. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(88)90408-8.

Authors

K A Koralek¹, K F Jensen, H P Killackey

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychobiology, University of California, Irvine 92717.

PMID: 2461788
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(88)90408-8

Abstract

We provide evidence that the thalamic projections originating from the medial portion of the posterior thalamic complex to the somatosensory cortex of the rat are distributed in a detailed pattern which is complementary to the pattern of projections which originate in the ventral posterior nucleus.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Brain Mapping
Horseradish Peroxidase
Neural Pathways / anatomy & histology
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Somatosensory Cortex / anatomy & histology*
Thalamus / anatomy & histology*
Wheat Germ Agglutinin-Horseradish Peroxidase Conjugate
Wheat Germ Agglutinins

Substances

Wheat Germ Agglutinin-Horseradish Peroxidase Conjugate
Wheat Germ Agglutinins
Horseradish Peroxidase