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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-4-17
pubmed:abstractText
The projections of the amygdala to the thalamus in cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) were studied with both anterograde and retrograde axonal tracing techniques. Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was injected into medial and midline thalamic sites in five animals, and tritiated amino acids were injected into selected amygdaloid regions in a total of 13 hemispheres in ten animals. The findings from the two types of tracer experiments demonstrated the origins, course, and terminal pattern of amygdaloid projections to two thalamic nuclei--medialis dorsalis (MD) and reuniens. Almost all of the amygdaloid nuclei contribute projections to MD, though the greatest proportion arise from the basal group and terminate in discrete, interlocking patches within the medial, magnocellular portion of MD. In addition to this major projection, the central and medial amygdaloid nuclei send a lighter projection to the lateral portion of nucleus reuniens. The amygdalothalamic projections took a variety of routes out of the amygdala before the large majority joined the inferior thalamic peduncle and entered the rostral head of the thalamus where they turned caudally toward their targets. A small number of amygdalothalamic fibers may also run in the stria terminalis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0021-9967
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
222
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
56-68
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Projections of the amygdala to the thalamus in the cynomolgus monkey.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article