Abstract
1. The pattern of visual projection from the retina on to the optic tectum following reimplantation of a piece of the tectal tissue was studied with neurophysiological mapping methods in adult goldfish. 2. When a rectangular piece of the tectum was dissected, lifted free, and then reimplanted to the same tectum after rotation by 180 degrees around the dorsoventral axis, the re-established visual projection later showed a complete reversal of retinotopic order within the reimplanted area with reference to the normal projection on to the intact surrounding area of the same tectum. The localized reversal was observed as early as 65 days, and also as late as 721 days after the 180 degree rotated reimplantation. 3. If a square piece of the tectal tissue was reimplanted after rotation by 90 degrees anticlockwise around the dorsoventral axis, the restored visual projection later showed a corresponding localized 90 degrees rotation within the reimplanted ares. 4. When the entire laminar structure of a dissected tectal tissue was inverted, and the reimplanted upside-down along the same rostrocaudal axis of the tectum, the restored visual projection on to the inverted tectal reimplant was found to be organized in a reverse retinotopic or...Continue Reading
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