An electron microscopic comparison of the medial interlaminar nucleus and the a laminae in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat
- 20 November 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Comparative Neurology
- Vol. 212 (1) , 89-101
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.902120107
Abstract
The medial interlaminar nucleus (MIN) of the cat's dorsal lateral ge‐niculate nucleus was studied under the light and electron microscopes and compared with the A laminae. At the light level, MIN has more axons and a lesser cell packing density than the A laminae. Examined at the electron microscopic level, MIN could not qualitatively be distinguished from the A laminae. When quantitative counts of the profiles containing synaptic ves‐icles were made, MIN had less F profiles and more RSD profiles per unit area than the A laminae. Structure/function correlations suggest that additional F terminals may mediate nondominant eye inhibition and/or a greater amount of inhibition on X‐cells versus Y‐cells.This publication has 62 references indexed in Scilit:
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