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BRAIN RESEARCH
Volume 1059, Issue 1, Pages 93-103Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.08.025
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anterior thalamic nuclei; anterior cingulate cortex; secondary motor cortex; prelimbic cortex; corticothalamic projection; topographic organization
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The anterior and laterodorsal thalamic nuclei provide massive projections to the anterior cingulate and frontal cortices in the rat. However, the organization of reciprocal corticothalamic projections has not yet been studied comprehensively. In the present study, we clarified the organization of anterior cingulate and frontal cortical projections to the anterior and laterodorsal thalamic nuclei, using retrograde and anterograde axonal transport methods. The anteromedial nucleus (AM) receives mainly ipsilateral projections from the prelimbic and medial orbital cortices and bilateral projections from the anterior cingulate and secondary motor cortices. The projections from the anterior cingulate cortex are organized such that the rostrocaudal axis of the AM corresponds to the rostrocaudal axis of the cortex, whereas those from the secondary motor cortex are organized such that the rostrocaudal axis of the AM corresponds to the caudorostral axis of the cortex. The ventromedial part of the anteroventral nucleus receives ipsilateral projections from the anterior cingulate cortex and bilateral projections from the secondary motor cortex, in a topographic manner similar to the projections to the AM. The ventromedial part of the laterodorsal nucleus (LD) receives ipsilateral projections from the anterior cingulate and secondary motor cortices. The projections are roughly organized Such that more dorsal and ventral regions within the ventromedial LD receive projections preferentially from the anterior cingulate cortex. The A difference in anterior cingulate and frontal cortical projections to the anterior and laterodorsal nuclei may suggest that each thalamic nucleus plays a different functional role in spatial memory processing. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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