Hirai T, Jones E G
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine 92717.
Brain Res Brain Res Rev. 1989 Jan-Mar;14(1):1-34. doi: 10.1016/0165-0173(89)90007-6.
Serial sections of human thalami, cut in the 3 standard planes, were stained in alternating series for Nissl substance, myelin, cytochrome oxidase and acetylcholinesterase. Nissl and acetylcholinesterase-stained sections revealed a parcellation of the nuclei that could be correlated with that used in the macaque monkey thalamus. Human nuclei were accordingly re-named using the monkey nomenclature. Apart from differences of size, the nuclei of the human and monkey thalamus are remarkably similar. In the human ventral nuclear complex there is a very clear histochemical distinction between nuclei which, on the basis of comparison with the monkey, probably form the pallidal, cerebellar and lemniscal relays to premotor, motor and somatic sensory cortex, respectively. In the human somatic sensory relay nucleus there is a further clear cytoarchitectonic distinction between components that are probably equivalent to the relays for deep and cutaneous receptors in the equivalent monkey nucleus.
将人脑丘脑切成3个标准平面的连续切片，交替进行尼氏物质、髓磷脂、细胞色素氧化酶和乙酰胆碱酯酶染色。尼氏染色和乙酰胆碱酯酶染色的切片显示出核团的分区，这与猕猴丘脑中使用的分区相关。因此，人类的核团采用猕猴的命名法重新命名。除了大小差异外，人类和猕猴丘脑的核团非常相似。在人类腹侧核复合体中，基于与猕猴的比较，核团之间存在非常明显的组织化学差异，这些核团可能分别形成苍白球、小脑和薄束核向运动前区、运动区和躯体感觉皮层的中继。在人类躯体感觉中继核中，可能相当于猕猴同型核中深部和皮肤感受器中继的成分之间，存在进一步明显的细胞构筑差异。
