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Science 22 April 1994:
Vol. 264. no. 5158, pp. 575 - 577
DOI: 10.1126/science.8160015
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Science, Vol 264, Issue 5158, 575-577
Copyright © 1994 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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A neurochemically distinct third channel in the macaque dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus

SH Hendry and T Yoshioka

Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218.

The primate visual system is often divided into two channels, designated M and P, whose signals are relayed to the cerebral cortex by neurons in the magnocellular and parvicellular layers of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus. We have identified a third population of geniculocortical neurons in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of macaques, which is immunoreactive for the alpha subunit of type II calmodulin-dependent protein kinase. This large third population occupies interlaminar regions (intercalated layers) ventral to each principal layer. Retrograde labeling of kinase-immunoreactive cells from the primary visual cortex shows that they provide the geniculocortical input to cytochrome oxidase-rich puffs in layers II and III.


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