Thalamic projections from the precentral motor cortex in Macaca fascicularis

Brain Res. 1976 Mar 26;105(2):253-67. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(76)90424-8.

Abstract

Radioactive amino acids were injected into area 4 in 7 monkeys (Macaca fascicularis). Ipsilateral corticothalamic projections were traced to Olszewski's nucleus ventralis lateralis pars oralis and pars medialis, the nucleus ventralis posterior lateralis pars oralis, the nucleus ventralis posterior medialis and inferior and to the nucleus reticularis. Some fibers appeared to terminate in the ipsilateral nucleus ventralis lateralis pars caudalis, the nucleus lateralis posterior and the nucleus subthalamicus.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain Mapping
  • Diencephalon / anatomy & histology
  • Haplorhini
  • Macaca fascicularis
  • Motor Cortex / anatomy & histology*
  • Neural Pathways
  • Thalamic Nuclei / anatomy & histology*