Martha E. Bickford

TL;DR: Little if any overlap exists in the distribution of parabrachial and corticogeniculate terminals on the dendrites of relay cells, and most BNOS‐ or ChAT‐positive brain stem terminals displayed RSD morphology, whereas some brainstem terminals exhibited RLD morphology.

TL;DR: Examination of projections from the pulvinar nucleus to the striatum and amygdala in the tree shrew revealed that tracer-labeled pulvino-striatal terminals preferentially innervate the matrix, potentially relaying topographic visual information from SC to striatum to aid in guiding precise movements and non-topographic visual material alerting the animal to potentially dangerous visual images.

TL;DR: The dLGN is part of a specialized visual channel that provides cortex with convergent information about stimulus motion and eye movement and positioning, and it is suggested that tectogeniculate inputs act as "backseat drivers,” which may alert shell neurons to movement commands generated by the superior colliculus.

TL;DR: The results indicate that the synaptic architecture of the mouse dLGN is similar to that of other higher mammals, and thus provides further support for its use as a model system for visual system development.

TL;DR: It is concluded that cells from the parabrachial region that innervate the lateral geniculate nucleus use both acetylcholine and nitric oxide for neurotransmission, and that this is virtually the only afferent input to this region that uses nitricoxide.