Lund J S, Hendrickson A E, Ogren M P, Tobin E A
J Comp Neurol. 1981 Oct 10;202(1):19-45. doi: 10.1002/cne.902020104.
The Golgi Rapid and Kopsch techniques have been used to provide material for an examination of the internal neuronal organization of cortical area VII of the Macaca monkey. The afferent and efferent relationships of area VII, as shown by axoplasmic transport tracing techniques in our own material and in previous studies in other laboratories, are reviewed. Comparison is made between the internal organisation of VI and VII cortex in terms of (1) the marked different in spiny and nonspiny neurons populations of granular layer 4, (2) the difference in relationship of lamina 6 pyramidal neurons to the overlying layers with a shift away from any relationship to granular layer 4 in VII, and (3) differences in the organization of VI lamina 4B and VII lamina 3B--both similarly placed, fiber-rich bands in the two cortical areas. The extrinsic relationships of VI and VII with the lateral geniculate nucleus, superior colliculus, pulvinar, peristriate cortex, cortical area STS, and with each other are compared in terms of laminar locations of efferent neurons and afferent axon terminal fields. It is hoped that this anatomical survey will provide a better foundation for physiological explorations of the region.
高尔基体快速染色法和科普施染色法已被用于获取材料，以研究猕猴大脑皮层VII区的内部神经元组织。本文回顾了VII区的传入和传出关系，这些关系在我们自己的材料以及其他实验室先前的研究中通过轴浆运输示踪技术得以展现。从以下几个方面对VI区和VII区皮层的内部组织进行了比较：（1）第4颗粒层中棘状神经元和非棘状神经元群体的显著差异；（2）第6层锥体神经元与上层关系的差异，在VII区中这种关系从与第4颗粒层的任何关系中转变；（3）VI区第4B层和VII区第3B层组织的差异——这两层在两个皮层区域中位置相似，都是纤维丰富的带。从传出神经元和传入轴突终末场的层状位置方面，比较了VI区和VII区与外侧膝状体核、上丘、丘脑枕、纹周皮层、皮层STS区以及它们彼此之间的外在关系。希望这项解剖学研究能为该区域的生理学探索提供更好的基础。
