OCULAR DOMINANCE COLUMNS AND RETINAL PROJECTIONS IN NEW-WORLD SPIDER MONKEYS (ATELES-ATER)

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作者
FLORENCE, SL [1 ]
CONLEY, M [1 ]
CASAGRANDE, VA [1 ]
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[1] VANDERBILT UNIV, MED CTR, SCH MED, DEPT PSYCHOL, NASHVILLE, TN 37232 USA
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10.1002/cne.902430207
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
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Retinal projections and the degree of ocular segregation in the striate cortex were examined by transneuronal autoradiography following unilateral intraocular injections of 3H-proline in a New World primate, the spider monkey (Ateles ater). The results show that, within the lateral geniculate the interlaminar spaces adjacent to the magnocellular layers, as well as the S layers ventral to the magnocellular layers. Projections to the superior colliculus, both ipsilateral and contralateral to the injected eye, were patchy and restricted to the superficial gray layer. Our main result shows that, in the striate cortex, LGN projections terminate in well-defined ocular dominance columns in layer IV. Labelled columns were most clearly delimited in layer IVb, where they averaged 373 + 42 .mu.m in width in both the ipsilateral and contralateral hemispheres, slightly smaller than those reported originally from electrophysiological studies of striate cortex in spider monkeys (Hubel and Wiesel, ''68). Unlabelled intercolumns were significantly narrower than labelled columns, which suggest that there may be overlap between input from the 2 eyes between columns. Quantitative measures showed above-background label also in cortical layers IIIb, V, and VI. Our results support the idea that among primates, ocular dominance columns are not limited to Old World species. At the same time, it is apparent that spider monkeys are exceptional among New World primates in having sharply delimited columns. The functional significance of the variation in the degree of ocular segregation in the cortex and its relation to primate evolution are discussed.
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