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How much feedback from visual cortex to lateral geniculate nucleus in cat: A perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2004

JULIAN M.L. BUDD
JULIAN M.L. BUDD
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Department of Informatics, School of Science & Technology, Sussex University, Brighton, UK
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Abstract

Corticothalamic feedback is believed to play an important role in selectively regulating the flow of sensory information from thalamus to cortex. But despite its importance, the size and nature of corticothalamic pathway connectivity is not fully understood. In light of recent empirical data, the aim of this paper was to quantify the contribution of area 17 axon connectivity to the synaptic organization of A-laminae in dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) in cat, the best studied corticothalamic pathway. Numerical constraints indicate that most corticogeniculate synapses are not formed with inhibitory interneurons. However, the main finding is that there was an order of magnitude difference between estimates of the mean number of cortical synapses per A-laminae neuron based on individual corticogeniculate axon data (12,000–16,000 cortical synapses per cell) than that previously derived from partial reconstructions of the synaptic input to two physiologically identified relay cells (1200–1500 cortical synapses per cell). In an attempt to reconcile these different estimates, parameter variation and comparative analyses suggest that previous work may have overestimated the density of corticogeniculate efferent neurons and underestimated the total number of synapses per geniculate neuron. But as this analysis did not include area 18 corticogeniculate axons innervating A-laminae, the discrepancy between different estimates may be greater and require further explanation. Thus, the analysis presented here suggests geniculate neurons receive on average a greater number of cortical synapses per cell but from far fewer corticogeniculate axons than previously thought.

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Visual cortexArea 17Lateral geniculate nucleusCorticothalamicCatMonkey

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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , July 2004 , pp. 487 - 500
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2004 Cambridge University Press

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This paper is dedicated to the memory of Bertram Payne, collaborator and friend.

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