 |
|
Limbic Nuclei of Thalamus and Connections of Limbic CortexVI. Thalamocortical Projection of Lateral Dorsal Nucleus in Cat and Monkey
SIMEON LOCKE, MD;
JAY B. ANGEVINE, JR., PhD;
PAUL I. YAKOVLEV, MD
Arch Neurol. 1964;11(1):1-12.
|
|
| Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings. |
|
|
|
Introduction
The nucleus lateralis dorsalis thalami (LD) appears grossly as a caudal continuation of the nucleus anterior ventralis (AV),13,20 from which, however, it is separated by a thick lamina of myelinated fibers. LD is composed of medium-sized polygonal nerve cells which are remarkably similar to those found in AV (compare Olszewski's high power plates IXb and XXXV). The stratum zonale is markedly thinned over LD; most of the fibers plunge ventrally beneath the nucleus, forming a bed or capsule separating LD rostrally from AV, laterally from nucleus ventralis lateralis (VL), pars caudalis, and medially from nucleus centralis superior lateralis. At more caudal levels, LD merges laterally with the nucleus lateralis posterior (LP). The myelin stain offers the better opportunity for distinguishing LD from LP; LD is paler and lacks transversely disposed fiber bundles which are prominent in LP.20 In the human brain, fragments of LD (nuclei dorsales disseminati thalami)
. . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]
Author Affiliations
BOSTON
From departments of neurology and anatomy and the Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard Medical School, and the Neurological Unit, Boston City Hospital.
Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 16, 1964; accepted for publication March 24.
This investigation was supported in part by a US Public Health Service research grant (NB-04131) from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, Public Health Service.
 CiteULike  Connotea  Del.icio.us  Digg  Reddit  Technorati  Twitter
What's this?
|
