Journal article
Ipsilateral retinal projections into the tectum during regeneration of the optic nerve in the cichlid fish Haplochromis burtoni: A dil study in fixed tissue
Journal of neurobiology, Vol.23(6), pp.692-707
08/1992
DOI: 10.1002/neu.480230608
PMID: 1431840
Abstract
Retinal projections were experimentally manipulated in a bony fish to reveal conditions under which considerably enlarged ipsilateral projections developed and persisted. Three experimental groups were studied: animals after unilateral enucleation, after unilateral nerve crush, and after enucleation and crush of the remaining optic nerve. At 29 days after unilateral enucleation alone, no enhanced ipsilateral projection had developed. After nerve crush, however, large numbers of retinal fibers regenerated into the ipsilateral tectum. Retrogradely filled, ipsilaterally projecting ganglion cells were distributed throughout the entire retina. After 15 days regenerating retinal fibers covered the entire ipsilateral tectum. At later stages the ipsilateral projection showed progressive reduction in coverage of the tectum. Combining enucleation with nerve crush led to an ipsilateral projection that covered the tectum at 28 days and later. In this experimental situation the development of an ipsilateral projection appears to be a two‐step process: (1) Fibers are rerouted to the ipsilateral side at the diencephalon, and (2) ipsilateral fibers persist in the tectum only in the absence of a contralateral projection while they appear to be eliminated in the other cases. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Ipsilateral retinal projections into the tectum during regeneration of the optic nerve in the cichlid fish Haplochromis burtoni: A dil study in fixed tissue
- Creators
- Claudia WilmBernd Fritzsch
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of neurobiology, Vol.23(6), pp.692-707
- DOI
- 10.1002/neu.480230608
- PMID
- 1431840
- NLM abbreviation
- J Neurobiol
- ISSN
- 0022-3034
- eISSN
- 1097-4695
- Publisher
- Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company; Hoboken
- Number of pages
- 16
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/1992
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Biology; Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984070567202771
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