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Decussating axons segregate within the anterior core of the primate optic chiasm

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BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
卷 107, 期 4, 页码 447-452

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BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/bjo-2022-322235

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Optic Nerve; Visual pathway

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This study examined the course of fibres through the optic chiasm by injecting different fluorescent tracers into each eye of a monkey. It found that a distinct, central compartment within the anterior two-thirds of the optic chiasm contains only crossing fibres, explaining why tumors often cause temporal visual field loss.
BackgroundThe axons of ganglion cells in the nasal retina decussate at the optic chiasm. It is unclear why tumours cause more injury to crossing nasal fibres, thereby giving rise to temporal visual field loss in each eye. To address this issue, the course of fibres through the optic chiasm was examined following injection of a different fluorescent tracer into each eye of a monkey. MethodsUnder general anaesthesia, cholera toxin subunit B-Alexa Fluor 488 was injected into the right eye and cholera toxin subunit B-Alexa Fluor 594 was injected into the left eye of a single normal adult male rhesus monkey. After a week's survival for anterograde transport, serial coronal sections through the primary optic pathway were examined. ResultsA zone within the core of the anterior and mid portions of the optic chiasm was comprised entirely of crossing fibres. This zone of decussation was delineated by segregated, interwoven sheets of green (right eye) and red (left eye) fibres. It expanded steadily to fill more of the optic chiasm as fibres coursed posteriorly towards the optic tracts. Eventually, crossed fibres became completely intermingled with uncrossed fibres, so that ocular separation was lost. ConclusionsA distinct, central compartment located within the anterior two-thirds of the optic chiasm contains only crossing fibres. Sellar tumours focus their compressive force on this portion of the structure, explaining why they so often produce visual field loss in the temporal fields.

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