Rabbit cingulate cortex: Cytoarchitecture, physiological border with visual cortex, and afferent cortical connections of visual, motor, postsubicular, and intracingulate origin

The connections of cingulate cortex with visual, motor, and parahippocampal cortices in the rabbit brain are evaluated by using a modified Brodmann cytoarchitectural scheme, electrophysiological mapping techniques, and the pathway tracers horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and tritiated amino acids. Rabbit cingulate cortex can be divided into areas 25, 24, and 29. Area 29 isof particular interest because area 29d has a lateral extension with a granular layer IV, area 29b has a caudal extension in which the connections differ from anterior area 29b, and there is a prominent area 29e. delineation of the lateral border of area 29d with area 17 closely approximates the medial edge of the visual field representation in area 17 as determined electrophysiologically.

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