Three-Dimensional Histology Volume Reconstruction of Axonal Tract Tracing Data: Exploring Topographical Organization in Subcortical Projections from Rat Barrel Cortex
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3-D surface models of corticostriatal and corticothalamic projections.
3-D visualization of topographical organization in corticostriatal and corticothalamic pathways. (A-D) Stereo-image pairs showing color coded 3-D surface models of the delineated axonal clusters in the striatum (A,B) and thalamus (C,D), in slightly offset views from anterior (A), medial (B,D), and posterior (C), as indicated in the inset figures (right column). To perceive the 3-D images the viewer must cross the eye axis to let the image pairs merge. (A,B) Clusters representing corticostriatal axons are distributed within a narrow, laminar subspace, extending in an anteroposterior direction through the dorsolateral striatum. (C,D) Clusters representing corticothalamic axons are distributed within a narrow, spherical shell-like subspace in the thalamus. A, anterior; D, dorsal; M, medial; P, posterior.