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Quantitative autoradiographic light- and electron microscopic studies on the retinohypothalamic connections in the rat
Authors:Dr J K Mai  E Junger
Institution:(1) C. u. O. Vogt - Institut für Hirnforschung der Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Bundesrepublik Deutschland;(2) Diabetesforschungsinstitutan der Universität Düsseldorf, Biochemische Abteilung, Düsseldorf, Bundesrepublik Deutschland;(3) C. u. O. Vogt - Institut für Hirnforschung der Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, D-4000 Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany
Abstract:Summary Light microscopic autoradiography performed subsequent to intraocular injection of 3H-leucine revealed silver grains (SG) above axons of the optic tract which could be followed into the ventral and caudal portion of the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) and above the contralateral anterior hypothalamic nucleus (AHN). By high resolution photometric measurement and computer processing the labelled areas were analysed, thus yielding statistical data of the relative grain distribution. The highest SG density was found in the ventrolateral part of both SCN (SCvl), confirming earlier reports concerning retinohypothalamic connections. That area exhibiting a cytoarchitecture different from the remaining nucleus was traversed, however, by numerous labelled axons. In the caudal part of both SCN a specific projection field of retinal fibres could be located. Here, almost no traversing fibres contribute to the rather circumscribed marked area. In the ventral part of the contralateral AHN, diffuse labelling well above background levels could be observed. Distinction between bypassing and terminating fibres within the SCvl could not be made using light microscopy. Analysis of SG distribution of the SCvl with electron microscopic autoradiography revealed a specific localization of SG within presynaptic terminals containing clear vesicles and pale mitochondria.
Keywords:Visual system (Rat)  Autoradiography  Quantitative analysis  Suprachiasmatica nucleus  Ultrastructure
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