Long‐range interneurons within the medial pulvinar nucleus of macaque monkeys

K Imura, KS Rockland - Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
K Imura, KS Rockland
Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2006Wiley Online Library
Like other thalamic nuclei, the primate pulvinar is considered not to have long‐range
intrinsic connections, either excitatory or inhibitory. Injections of biotinylated dextran amine
(BDA) in the medial pulvinar, however, reveal retrogradely filled neurons up to 2.0 mm from
the injection edge. Serial section reconstruction (n= 18) confirmed that retrogradely filled
neurons projected to the injection site and showed that they had additional long‐range
collaterals within the posterior pulvinar. Arrays of small, beaded terminations occurred in …
Abstract
Like other thalamic nuclei, the primate pulvinar is considered not to have long‐range intrinsic connections, either excitatory or inhibitory. Injections of biotinylated dextran amine (BDA) in the medial pulvinar, however, reveal retrogradely filled neurons up to 2.0 mm from the injection edge. Serial section reconstruction (n = 18) confirmed that retrogradely filled neurons projected to the injection site and showed that they had additional long‐range collaterals within the posterior pulvinar. Arrays of small, beaded terminations occurred in multiple foci along the collaterals. Terminal arrays were up to 1.0 mm in length; foci were separated by about 0.7 mm. Somata were large (average area = 220 μm2), and dendritic arbors were radiate and also large (about 1.0 mm in diameter), but without either the appendages of classical interneurons or the hairlike spines characteristic of radiate pulvinocortical projection neurons. Double labeling for BDA and parvalbumin (PV) or BDA and γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA) indicated that these large neurons were positive for both PV and GABA. Double labeling for PV and GABA, or PV and glutamic acid decarboxylase 67 (GAD67) revealed a small number of similarly large neurons in the posterior pulvinar that were positive for both substances. Thus, we propose that these neurons are a novel class of inhibitory interneuron, longer range than the classic thalamic local circuit interneurons. Future questions include how these neurons relate to other inhibitory systems and specific postsynaptic populations and whether they are located preferentially within the posterior pulvinar, possibly related to the multimodal character of this thalamic region. J. Comp. Neurol. 498:649–666, 2006. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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