Patterns of reciprocity in auditory thalamocortical and corticothalamic connections: Study with horseradish peroxidase and autoradiographic methods in the rat medial geniculate body

The patterns of reciprocity between retrogradely labeled thalamocortical cells of origin and anterogradely projecting corticothalamic axon terminals were studied in the subdivisions of the adult rat medial geniculate body following auditory cortical injections of mixtures of horseradish peroxidase and [3H]leucine. The labeling produced by each method was examined independently, both qualitatively and quantitatively, in adjacent series of tetramethylbenzidine‐processed sections and in autoradiographs after 24–96 hour survivals. The distribution and number of labeled cells and axon terminals were assessed separately for each method and compared systematically throughout the rostro‐caudal extent of the medial geniculate complex.

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