Retinotopic patterns of connections of area 17 with visual areas V-II and MT in macaque monkeys

J Comp Neurol. 1983 Nov 1;220(3):253-79. doi: 10.1002/cne.902200302.

Abstract

Patterns of connections of Area 17 with extrastriate visual areas V-II and MT were studied in macaque monkeys by using 3H-proline and HRP as anatomical tracers. The results support previous conclusions that V-II is a split representation of the visual hemifield with most of the outer border formed by the zero horizontal meridian, and that MT is a topological representation of the visual hemifield. V-II was estimated to be about 10-12 mm wide, 110 mm long along its shared border with V-I, and 920 mm2 in surface area, thereby almost equaling Area 17 in size. MT was judged to be 7 mm wide and 12 mm long, with a surface area of 68 mm2, or roughly 7% of the area of Area 17. In some cases, there was evidence for projections from Area 17 to a third area (or areas) of cortex of about 2 mm wide and of uncertain length on the outer boundary of V-II. Terminations in V-II and MT were concentrated in layer IV and extended into inner layer III. Cells projecting back to Area 17 were largely in layers III and V in V-II and in layers III and VI in MT.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Autoradiography
  • Horseradish Peroxidase
  • Macaca / anatomy & histology*
  • Macaca fascicularis / anatomy & histology*
  • Models, Neurological
  • Proline
  • Synaptic Transmission
  • Visual Cortex / anatomy & histology*
  • Visual Cortex / physiology
  • Visual Pathways / anatomy & histology*

Substances

  • Proline
  • Horseradish Peroxidase