Intrinsic association fiber system of the piriform cortex: a quantitative study based on a cholera toxin B subunit tracing in the rat

The Journal of Comparative Neurology
F DaticheM Cattarelli

Abstract

By using retrograde and anterograde transport of the B subunit of cholera toxin (CTb), we examined quantitatively the association fiber systems, i.e., the collaterals of pyramidal cell axons, that reciprocally connect both the rostral and the caudal parts of the piriform cortex (PC). Well-defined CTb injections were obtained in layers Ib or II-III of the rostral and the caudal parts of the PC. Using precision counting, we determined the proportion of cellular profiles in layers II and III that gave rise to association fibers and thus demonstrated a predominance of rostrocaudal fibers over the caudorostral ones. Our data also support a precise laminar organization of the PC in which the rostrocaudal fibers originated mainly from layer II and the caudorostral fibers primarily from layer III. Cholera toxin injections into layer Ib produced a peak of labeled profiles 2 mm from the site, indicating that a large proportion of the association fibers from layer II travel for at least 2 mm and then synapse in layer Ib. At either end of the PC, the association projections with respect to olfactory processing, propagation of the activity within the PC, and the possible role of intrinsic fibers in olfactory memory.

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Mar 31, 1999·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·T Schikorski, C F Stevens
Jun 20, 2003·The European Journal of Neuroscience·P LitaudonN Buonviso
Sep 11, 2003·The Journal of Comparative Neurology·Shaoyun ChenKiyoshi Kishi
Feb 9, 2006·Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology·T BolkvadzeA Sh Tsitsishvili

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