Cytoarchitecture of the tectum opticum in the Japanese quail

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• 作者：Hilbig ; H. ; Roth ; G. ; Brylla ; E. ; Robinë ; K.-P.
• 关键词：Golgi ; NADPH-d histochemistry ; calcium-binding proteins ; GABA immunohistochemistry ; interneurons ; HRP ; horseradish peroxidase ; NADPH-d ; nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase ; nLM ; nucleus lentiformis mesencephali ; PHA-L ; Phaseolus vulgari
• 刊名：Neuroscience
• 出版年：1998
• 出版时间：September, 1998
• 年：1998
• 卷：86
• 期：2
• 页码：663-678
• 全文大小：1.73 M

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The cytoarchitecture of the optic tectum of the Japanese quail, Coturnix coturnix japonica, was studied using the Golgi-Kopsch method, parvalbumin, calbindin and GABA immunohistochemistry and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase histochemistry. Our results reveal a large number of different types of interneurons in the quail tectum opticum, only part of which are described in the chick or pigeon. Application of parvalbumin and calbindin immunohistochemistry and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase histochemistry reveals the following lamination pattern: The stratum opticum, stratum griseum centrale and stratum album centrale remain unstained, while the laminae of the stratum griseum et fibrosum superficiale exhibit a roughly complementary staining pattern of calbindin (laminae c, d, e, f, g, i) and parvalbumin (laminae a, h, i). Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase histochemistry yields a dense band in lamina i. The Golgi material reveals the following cell types in the stratum griseum et fibrosum superficiale: marginal cells in the stratum opticum and in lamina h and i, horizontal cells in laminae a and c, large and small radial cells in laminae b, d, h and i, multiform cells in lamina b, bitufted cells in lamina d and e, large pear-shaped cells in lamina g, wide-field cells in lamina j, and stellate cells in lamina j and in the stratum griseum centrale.