The Comparative Anatomy of Neurons: Homologous Neurons in the Medial Geniculate Body of the Opossum and the Cat

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Editors F. Beck, Leicester W Hild, Galveston W. Kriz, Heidelberg R. Ortmann, K61n IE. Pauly, Little Rock T.H. Schiebler, Wiirzburg

D. Kent Morest Jeffery A.Winer

The Comparative Anatomy of Neurons: Homologous Neurons in the Medial Geniculate Body of the Opossum and the Cat With 43 Figures

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D. Kent Morest Professor of Anatomy and Communication Sciences Department of Anatomy, The University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06032 USA Jeffery A. Winer Associate Professor of Anatomy Department of Physiology-Anatomy, University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

ISBN-13: 978-3-540-15726-7 e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-70652-3 DOT: 10.1007/978-3-642-70652-3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Morest. D. Kent. The comparative anatomy of neurons. (Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology; vol. 97) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Neurons. 2. Geniculate bodies. 3. Cats - Anatomy. 4. Opossums - Anatomy. 5. Mammals - Anatomy. I. Winer, Jeffery A., 1945-. II. Title. III. Series: Advances in anatomy, embryology and cell biology; v. 97. [DNLM: 1. Anatomy, Comparative. 2. Cats - anatomy & histology. 3. Geniculate Bodies - anatomy & histology. 4. Neurons - cytology. 5. Opossums - anatomy & histology. WI AD433K v. 97fWL 102.5 M851c] QL801.E67 vol. 97 574.4 s 86-6474 [QL931] [599'.048] This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under § 54 of the German Copyright Law where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payable to "Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort", Munich. . © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1986 The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trade marks, etc. in this publication, even if the former are not especially identified, is not to be taken as a sign that such names, as understood by the Trade Marks and Merchandise Marks Act, may accordingly be used freely by anyone. Product Liability: The publisher can give no guarantee for information about drug dosage and application thereof contained in this book. In every individual case the respective user must check its accuracy by consulting other pharmaceutical literature. Typesetting: Universitatsdruckerei H. Sturtz AG, Wurzburg 2121/3140-543210

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Contents

1 Introduction

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2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Optics 2.2 Axonal Degeneration

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3 Observations 3.1 The Neuronal Architecture 3.2 Topographical Relationships of the Main Subdivisions 3.3 Ventral Division 3.4 Dorsal Division 3.5 Medial Division 3.6 Golgi Type II Neurons 3.7 The Axonal Architecture 3.8 Ascending Conn