K. Turlejski et al., PROJECTION OF VISUOTOPICALLY ORGANIZED AFFERENTS TO THE DORSAL THALAMUS IN THE OPOSSUM, MONODELPHIS-DOMESTICA, Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis, 54(4), 1994, pp. 307-319
Retrogradely transported dyes, Fluorogold and Fast Blue were injected
into both sides of the dorsal thalamus in the Monodelphis opossum. Pro
jection of the presumed primary visual cortical area, superior collicu
lus and parabigeminal nucleus to the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus
and the lateral posterior - lateral intermedius nuclear complex were
described. They show close similarities to the homologous projections
in the North American Opossum, insectivores and some rodents. In compa
rison with rat, cortico-thalamic and tecto-thalamic projections in the
Monodelphis are less numerous. The peculiarity of cytoarchtitectonics
of cortical layer 6 is described and discussed.