| Chapter title |
Introduction
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 1 |
| Book title |
The Pulvinar Thalamic Nucleus of Non-Human Primates: Architectonic and Functional Subdivisions
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| Published in |
Advances in anatomy embryology and cell biology, January 2018
|
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-70046-5_1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-970045-8, 978-3-31-970046-5
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| Authors |
Ricardo Gattass, Juliana G. M. Soares, Bruss Lima |
| Abstract |
The pulvinar can be subdivided into well-delimitated regions based on chemoarchitectural, cytoarchitectural, myeloarchitectural, connectivity, and electrophysiological criteria. Subdivisions of the pulvinar based on its chemoarchitectural features are the most consistently preserved across species of New and Old World monkeys. It is reasonable to speculate that the occurrence and distribution of calcium-binding proteins in the pulvinar, such as calbindin and parvalbumin, have been preserved along evolution. Therefore, they have proven to be valuable tools capable of probing the basic pulvinar scaffold across primate species. Along this review, we will provide an overview of the available data regarding the various subdivisions of the pulvinar that have been proposed based on architectural criteria such as the distribution of molecular markers, neuronal morphology, and fiber layout. |
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