Fallon J H, Ziegler B T
Neurosci Lett. 1979 Nov;15(1):29-32. doi: 10.1016/0304-3940(79)91524-6.
In the normal young adult rhesus monkey, reduced silver staining of degenerating axons revealed that the lateral prefrontal cortex projects to the caudate nucleus of the contralateral hemisphere. This crossed prefronto-caudate projection provides a means whereby the prefrontal cortex can affect the neuronal activity of the extrapyramidal motor systems in both hemispheres. These findings also support the concept that apparent neuronal plasticity in this primate telencephalic system is a result of expanded projections of axons that normally issue a minor projection to the contralateral caudate nucleus.
在正常的成年恒河猴中，对退化轴突进行的银染色减弱显示，外侧前额叶皮质投射至对侧半球的尾状核。这种交叉的前额叶-尾状核投射提供了一种方式，借此前额叶皮质能够影响双侧半球锥体外系的神经元活动。这些发现还支持了这样一种概念，即该灵长类端脑系统中明显的神经元可塑性是轴突投射扩展的结果，这些轴突通常向对侧尾状核发出少量投射。
