The Basal Ganglia III

Katsuma Nakano 1 , Yasuo Hasegawa2 , Tetsuro Kayahara 1 and Yoshihiro Kuga 1 1Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Mie University Tsu, Mie 514, Japan 2Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890, Japan Thalamostriatal projection was studied in monkeys (Macaca fuscata) using the axonal transport techniques of WGA-HRP and autoradiography to clarify the topographical organization. Major findings were as follows: The dorsomedial part of the centromedian nucleus (CM) projects to the dorsolateral strip in the leg cerritory of the putamen (Put); the ventromedial CM projects to the ventromedial strip in the face area; and the lateral CM projects to the intermediate strip in the arm region of the Put. The lateral part of the parafascicular nucleus (Pf) and nucleus ventralis anterior pars parvicellularis project to the lateral part of the head of the caudate nucleus (CN) and to the dorsolateral part of the rostral Put. Whereas the medial Pf and nucleus ventralis anterior pars magnocellularis project to the medial and ventral parts of the CN and to the ventromedial part of the rostral Put. The nucleus ventralis lateralis pars oralis projects to the Put. The medial part of the nucleus subthalamicus (STN) projects to the head of CN and rostral Put, while the lateral STN projects to the remaining whole part of the Put.

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