The reuniens and rhomboid nuclei: neuroanatomy, electrophysiological characteristics and behavioral implications

JC Cassel, AP De Vasconcelos, M Loureiro… - Progress in …, 2013 - Elsevier
The reuniens and rhomboid nuclei, located in the ventral midline of the thalamus, have long
been regarded as having non-specific effects on the cortex, while other evidence suggests …

A simpler primate brain: the visual system of the marmoset monkey

SG Solomon, MGP Rosa - Frontiers in neural circuits, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Humans are diurnal primates with high visual acuity at the center of gaze. Although primates
share many similarities in the organization of their visual centers with other mammals, and …

Retinal afferents synapse with relay cells targeting the middle temporal area in the pulvinar and lateral geniculate nuclei

CE Warner, Y Goldshmit, JA Bourne - Frontiers in neuroanatomy, 2010 - frontiersin.org
Considerable debate continues regarding thalamic inputs to the middle temporal area (MT)
of the visual cortex that bypass the primary visual cortex (V1) and the role they might have in …

Limbic thalamus and state-dependent behavior: the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamic midline as a node in circadian timing and sleep/wake-regulatory networks

V Colavito, C Tesoriero, AT Wirtu… - Neuroscience & …, 2015 - Elsevier
The paraventricular thalamic nucleus (PVT), the main component of the dorsal thalamic
midline, receives multiple inputs from the brain stem and hypothalamus, and targets the …

Subcortical projections to the frontal pole in the marmoset monkey

KJ Burman, DH Reser, KE Richardson… - European Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The subcortical projections to the marmoset frontal pole were mapped with the use of
fluorescent tracer injections. The main thalamic projections, which originated in both the …

Retinorecipient areas in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus): An image-forming and non-image forming circuitry

NNM Santana, EHA Silva, SF Dos Santos… - Frontiers in Neural …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The mammalian retina captures a multitude of diverse features from the external
environment and conveys them via the optic nerve to a myriad of retinorecipient nuclei …

Mediodorsal thalamic nucleus receives a direct retinal input in marmoset monkey (Callithrix jacchus): a subunit B cholera toxin study

TB de Sousa, MAD de Santana… - Annals of Anatomy …, 2013 - Elsevier
The mediodorsal thalamic nucleus is a prominent nucleus in the thalamus, positioned lateral
to the midline nuclei and medial to the intralaminar thalamic complex in the dorsal thalamus …

Retinal projections to the thalamic paraventricular nucleus in the rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris)

ES Nascimento Jr, RB Duarte, SF Silva… - Brain research, 2008 - Elsevier
The thalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVT) receives afferents from numerous brain areas,
including the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), considered to be the major …

Evidence of reciprocal connections between the dorsal raphe nucleus and the retina in the monkey Cebus apella

R Frazão, L Pinato, AV da Silva, LRG Britto… - Neuroscience …, 2008 - Elsevier
Possible connections between the retina and the raphe nuclei were investigated in the
monkey Cebus apella by intraocular injection of cholera toxin B subunit (CTb). CTb-positive …

Retinal afferents to the thalamic mediodorsal nucleus in the rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris)

ES do Nascimento Jr, JS Cavalcante, JC Cavalcante… - Neuroscience …, 2010 - Elsevier
The MD has reciprocal connections with the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (PFC) and with
limbic cortices and appears to participate in learning and memory-related processes. In this …