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Volume 16, Number 10,
Issue of May 15, 1996
pp. 3219-3235
Copyright ©1996 Society for Neuroscience
The Ganglionic Eminence May Be an Intermediate Target for
Corticofugal and Thalamocortical Axons
Received Nov. 21, 1995; revised Feb. 15, 1996; accepted Feb. 22, 1996.
Christine Métin and
Pierre Godement
Institut Alfred Fessard, Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique UPR 2212, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
In the nervous system of many species, growing axons associate
transiently with cellular groupings along their path. Whether this
mechanism applies to the development of corticothalamic and
thalamocortical projections is unknown. Using carbocyanine dyes, we
studied the early growth of both corticofugal and thalamocortical
fibers in hamster embryos. At embryonic day 11.5 (E11.5), corticofugal
fibers invade the lateral ganglionic eminence (LGE), and
thalamocortical fibers invade the medial ganglionic eminence (MGE). At
this age, both sets of fibers are not yet in contact with each other.
At the same time, neurons in each subdivision of the GE grow toward the
cortex and thalamus. During the next 24 hr, corticofugal and
thalamocortical fibers remain within the confines of the GE, where they
course at different radial levels and bear large and complex growth
cones. In the LGE, corticofugal fibers are often found in close
association with cells that are likely to be neuronal. Starting on
E13.5, both early projections from the GE decrease, and corticothalamic
and thalamocortical fibers invade their definitive target regions. To
test whether the GE specifically orients the growth and trajectories of
cortical fibers even in the absence of the reciprocal thalamic
projection, we cocultured explants of cortex and GE from either hamster
or mouse embryos. These experiments showed that the GE, but not other
tested brain regions, is able specifically to orient the growth of
cortical axons. We therefore suggest that the GE may be an intermediate
target in the pathfinding of axons between the cortex and the
thalamus.
Key words:
development;
cortex;
dorsal thalamus;
basal
telencephalon;
early projections;
guidance;
axon
outgrowth
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