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To delineate the laminar efferent projections and terminal distribution patterns within the retrohippocampal region arising from distinct layers of the rat medial entorhinal area.

May 8, 1988The Journal of Comparative Neurology

Intrinsic connections of the retrohippocampal region in the rat brain: III. The lateral entorhinal area

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CKChrister KöhlerUniversity of Mary

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Tract-tracing reveals layer-specific intrinsic projection patterns in the rat medial entorhinal cortex, highlighting divergent feedback pathways from deep to superficial cortical layers.

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To delineate the laminar efferent projections and terminal distribution patterns within the retrohippocampal region arising from distinct layers of the rat medial entorhinal area.
Traced anterograde axonal projections using Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin (PHA-L) injections restricted to individual layers of the medial entorhinal area in rats.
Identified originating cell populations across the retrohippocampal region using retrograde fluorescent labeling with Fast Blue (FB).
All medial entorhinal area layers exhibited an intra-entorhinal longitudinal projection oriented ventrally with a consistent lateral displacement.
Superficial layers II and III demonstrated relatively restricted horizontal and ventral projections, sending axons through deep layers without major deep terminal fields.
Deep layers IV and VI formed extensive, highly divergent projections that terminated across all superficial layers of the medial entorhinal area and extended into the lateral entorhinal area.

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Christer Köhler (1988) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a11e3eb71528255b221bb72 https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.902710204

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Tract-tracing reveals layer-specific intrinsic projection patterns in the rat medial entorhinal cortex, highlighting divergent feedback pathways from deep to superficial cortical layers.