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7535122

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-4
pubmed:abstractText
Spalax ehrenbergi is a subterranean rodent possessing extremely degenerated eyes but a distinguishable dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) which projects ipsilaterally to a fair sized striate cortex. 2-Deoxyglucose and electrophysiological studies have shown that these areas are vigorously activated by auditory input. We show here, using the neuroanatomical tracer WGA-HRP, that the major source of the auditory input to the visual system is the inferior colliculus that, in addition to all its typical auditory targets, also projects to the dLGN. The visual thalamo-cortical pathway thereupon processes auditory information. This is the first naturally blind mammal in which the origin of auditory compensatory projections have been traced and described.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0959-4965
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2697-701
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Cross-modal neuroplasticity in the blind mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi: a WGA-HRP tracing study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't