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  • Title: Normal and abnormal uncrossed retinotectal pathways in rats: an HRP study in adults.
    Author: Lund RD, Land PW, Boles J.
    Journal: J Comp Neurol; 1980 Feb 15; 189(4):711-20. PubMed ID: 7381047.
    Abstract:
    Horseradish peroxidase was injected into the superior colliculus of normal pigmented and albino rats and rats which had been unilaterally enucleated at birth, in order to identify the retinal ganglion cells which contribute normal and abnormal uncrossed retinotectal axons. The results show that while in pigmented rats, the normal uncrossed pathway derives solely from the lower temporal retina and distributes to the anterior and medial parts of the colliculus, occasional cells throughout the retina of albino rats contribute to the uncrossed pathway and the terminal distribution is broader in the tectum. These findings are confirmed with orthograde pathway tracing methods. After neonatal unilateral eye enucleation, many more ganglion cells in the remaining eye of both pigmented and albino rats project ipsilaterally. It is notable from both HRP studies and from further degeneration experiments that cells in part of the lower temporal retina do not restrict their distribution to a mirror togographic position in the ipsilateral tectum but send axons across all but the posterolateral part of the colliculus. No single class of ganglion cell (defined by soma diameter) appears responsible for the expanded ipsilateral projection, although more large cells from the lower temporal retina are involved. These may be the result of enlargement of cells with expanded terminal fields rather than necessarily indicating a preferential contribution from one retinal ganglion cell class.
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