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Distribution of morphologically different retinal axon terminals in the hamster dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus
R S Erzurumlu1, S Jhaveri, G E Schneider
1Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.
Brain Research
|September 27, 1988
Abstract:
Afferent terminal arbors in the hamster LGBd were labelled with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) implanted into the optic tract. Three morphologically distinct terminal types, each with a different regional distribution, were observed. Type R1 terminals are large, ovoid swellings and are predominantly distributed medially within the nucleus. Type R2 terminals are very small, clustered varicosities and are distributed laterally and ventrally. Type R3 terminals are medium in size and their distribution overlaps with that of Type R1 and R2 terminals.