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  • Title: Diencephalic gustatory connections in the channel catfish.
    Author: Lamb CF, Caprio J.
    Journal: J Comp Neurol; 1993 Nov 15; 337(3):400-18. PubMed ID: 7506715.
    Abstract:
    Vertebrate gustatory systems include a tertiary ascending pathway from a secondary gustatory nucleus in the hindbrain to several forebrain nuclei. This connection is prominent in catfish, corresponding to their highly developed sense of taste. Iontophoretic injections of horseradish peroxidase were used to identify the specific target nuclei of the tertiary gustatory pathway in channel catfish and to characterize those nuclei by their respective connections. Efferents from the secondary gustatory nucleus (nGS) ascend in the tertiary gustatory tract to the caudal inferior lobe, where they terminate caudally in the nucleus lobobulbaris (nLB) and nucleus centralis (nCLI), and rostrally in the nucleus diffusus (nDLI). Secondary projections from the facial lobe (FL) also terminate in the nLB and in the nucleus subglomerulus (nSG). The nLB forms three cell groups (caudal--nLB, rostrolateral--rl nLB, parvicellular--nLBp), which project to the facial lobe, vagal lobe, and telencephalon, respectively. Cells from the nCLI project throughout the caudal inferior lobe and to the acousticolateral torus semicircularis and telencephalon, while the nDLI and nSG have intrinsic connections within the inferior lobe. The lateral thalamic nucleus projects from this region back to the nGS. Through these identified connections several mechanisms for the processing of gustatory information can be proposed. The descending projections from the nLB and nLT could provide feedback to the primary and secondary gustatory nuclei, and could modulate feeding-related motor circuits in the medulla. The connections of nCLI and nLBp with the telencephalon allow for the involvement of gustation in learning processes and other complex behaviors.
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