Schofield Brett R, Noftz William A, Herrera Yoani N, Roberts Michael T
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University Hospitals - NEOMED Hearing Research Center, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio, USA.
Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
J Comp Neurol. 2025 Aug;533(8):e70080. doi: 10.1002/cne.70080.
A ventral tectal longitudinal column (TLCv) has been described in rats and is hypothesized to provide multisensory modulation of acoustic processing in the superior olivary complex. The TLCv is a column of cells in the dorsomedial tectum extending rostro-caudally through the inferior and superior colliculi. It receives ascending auditory input and projects to the superior olivary complex. Further insight into TLCv function has been hampered by limited information on its connections. Here, we provide evidence that a TLCv is recognizable in mice and that it has more extensive connections than previously believed. Deposit of retrograde tracer into the superior olivary complex labels cells bilaterally in the TLCv, comparable to results seen in rats. Viral labeling of neuronal projections demonstrates input to the TLCv from the superior olivary complex and from the inferior colliculus. Thus, the TLCv in mice has inputs and outputs similar to those described in rats. Additional experiments with retrograde tracers revealed more extensive outputs from the TLCv. Neurons in the TLCv are labeled after the deposition of retrograde tracers into the cochlear nucleus or into the inferior colliculus. The projections from the TLCv to these targets, like those to the superior olivary complex, are bilateral. These projections are much broader than those described previously. The results suggest that the TLCv could exert modulation over a wide expanse of the auditory brainstem, from the cochlear nucleus through the inferior colliculus.
大鼠中已描述了腹侧顶盖纵柱(TLCv),据推测它可对橄榄上核的听觉处理进行多感觉调制。TLCv是位于背内侧顶盖的一列细胞,从尾侧向头侧延伸穿过下丘和上丘。它接收听觉上行输入并投射至橄榄上核。由于关于其连接的信息有限,对TLCv功能的进一步了解受到了阻碍。在此,我们提供证据表明,TLCv在小鼠中是可识别的,并且其连接比先前认为的更为广泛。将逆行示踪剂注入橄榄上核会在TLCv中双侧标记细胞,这与在大鼠中观察到的结果相似。对神经元投射的病毒标记显示,TLCv接收来自橄榄上核和下丘的输入。因此,小鼠中的TLCv具有与大鼠中描述的相似的输入和输出。使用逆行示踪剂进行的额外实验揭示了TLCv更广泛的输出。将逆行示踪剂注入耳蜗核或下丘后,TLCv中的神经元被标记。从TLCv到这些靶点的投射,与到橄榄上核的投射一样,是双侧的。这些投射比先前描述的要广泛得多。结果表明,TLCv可能对从耳蜗核到下丘的广大听觉脑干区域发挥调制作用。
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