Topography of primary afferent projections in the trigeminal sensory nuclei of rats

• Authors: S.L. Florence , S. Lakshman
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The afferent projection pattern from individual vibrissae follicles was related to the distribution of cytochrome oxidase (CO) dark cell clusters in the trigeminal sensory nuclei of adult rats to determine whether segregated primary afferent projections limit the extend of the topogaphic recognizations that can occur at the level of the brainstem on a short term basis after changes in sensory driven activity.The results indicate that the projections to all the brain stem trigeminal subnuclei, including the principal sensory nucleus and the three subdivisions of the spina trigeminal nucleus, are topographic; however, the extend to which label from subdivision to subdivision.In the principal sensory nucleus there is nearly a one to one relationship between the inputs from the vibressae follicles and the corresponding CO-dense clusters.Thus, little overlap in inputs from different vibrissae rows is likely.In contrast, in the parts interpolaris and, to a lasser extend, in the pars caudalis, inputs from individual vibrissae follicles extend beyond the appropriate CO-dark patch into adjacent whisker patches; thus inputs to these subdivisions from different vibrissae likely overlap more extensively.

Keywords

EN

DORSAL COLUMN NUCLEI; PRIMARY AFFERENT; RODENT; TRANSGANGLIONIC TRANSPORT; VIBRISSAE

Discipline

• EXPERIMENTAL_BIOLOGY_&_MEDICINE: EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY & MEDICINE

• Publisher: Marceli Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis
• Year: 1995
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 193-200

Contributors

author

S.L. Florence

author

S. Lakshman

• Document Type: short communic.
• Publication order reference: S.L.Florence