Focal projections of cat auditory cortex to the pontine nuclei

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 497, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 959-980

  Perales, Mercedes ^a   Winer, Jeffery A ^b   Prieto, Jorge J ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Axons; Cerebellum; Corticofugal projections; Corticopontine

Indexed keywords

WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CAT; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TONOTOPY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PONS;

EID: 32844456640     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20988     Document Type: Article

References (123)

1. Aas JE. 1989. Subcortical projections to the pontine nuclei in the cat. J Comp Neurol 282:331-354.
2. Adams JC. 1981. Heavy metal intensification of DAB-based HRP reaction product. J Histochem Cytochem 29:775.
3. Aitkin LM, Boyd J. 1978. Acoustic input to the lateral pontine nuclei. Hear Res 1:67-77.
4. Aitkin LM, Rawson JA. 1983. Frontal sound source location is represented in the cat cerebellum. Brain Res 265:317-321.
5. Albus K, Donate-Oliver F, Sanides D, Fries W. 1981. The distribution of pontine projection cells in visual and association cortex of the cat: an experimental study with horseradish peroxidase. J Comp Neurol 201:175-189.
6. Andersen RA, Roth GL, Aitkin LM, Merzenich MM. 1980a. The efferent projections of the central nucleus and the pericentral nucleus of the inferior colliculus in the cat. J Comp Neurol 194:649-662.
7. Andersen RA, Snyder RL, Merzenich MM. 1980b. The topographic organization of corticocollicular projections from physiologically identified loci in AI, AII, and anterior auditory fields of the cat. J Comp Neurol 191:479-494.
8. Avanzini G, Manzia D, Pelliccioli G. 1969. Ascending and descending connections of the insular cortex of the cat. Arch Ital Biol 107:564-568.
9. Bajo VM, Rouiller EM, Welker E, Clarke S, Villa AEP, de Ribaupierre Y, de Ribaupierre F. 1995. Morphology and spatial distribution of corticothalamic terminals originating from the cat auditory cortex. Hear Res 83:161-174.
10. Beneyto M, Prieto JJ. 2001. Connections of the auditory cortex with the claustrum and the endopiriform nucleus in the cat. Brain Res Bull 54:485-498.
11. Beneyto M, Winer JA, Larue DT, Prieto JJ. 1998. Auditory connections and neurochemistry of the sagulum. J Comp Neurol 401:329-351.
12. Bjaalie JG. 1985. Distribution in areas 18 and 19 of neurons projecting to the pontine nuclei: a quantitative study in the cat with retrograde transport of HRP-WGA. Exp Brain Res 57:585-597.
13. Bjaalie JG. 1986. Distribution of CP neurons in visual areas of the middle suprasylvian sulcus: quantitative studies in the cat. Neuroscience 18:1013-1033.
14. Bjaalie JG. 1989. The corticopontine projection from area 20 and surrounding areas in the cat: terminal fields and distribution of cells of origin as compared to other visual cortical areas. Neuroscience 29:81-93.
15. Bjaalie JG, Brodal P. 1983. Distribution in area 17 of neurons projecting to the pontine nuclei: a quantitative study in the cat with retrograde transport of HRP-WGA. J Comp Neurol 221:289-303.
16. Bjaalie JG, Brodal P. 1989. Visual pathways to the cerebellum: segregation in the pontine nuclei of terminal field from different visual cortical areas in the cat. Neuroscience 29:95-107.
17. Bjaalie JG, Diggle P. 1990. Statistical analysis of corticopontine neuron distribution in visual areas 17, 18 and 19 of the cat. J Comp Neurol 295:15-32.
18. Bjaalie JG, Sudbo J, Brodal P. 1997. Corticopontine terminal fibres form small scale clusters and large scale lamellae in the cat. Neuroreport 8:1651-1655.
19. Brandner S, Redies H. 1990. The projection of the medial geniculate body to field AI: organization in the isofrequency dimension. J Neurosci 10:50-61.
20. Brandt HM, Apkarian AV. 1992. Biotin-dextran: a sensitive anterograde tracer for neuroanatomic studies in rat and monkey. J Neurosci Methods 45:35-40.
21. Broch-Smith T, Brodal P. 1990. Organization of the cortico-ponto- cerebellar pathway to the dorsal paraflocculus. Arch Ital Biol 128:249-271.
22. Brodal P. 1968a. The corticopontine projection in the cat. Demonstration of a somatotopically organized projection from the primary sensorimotor cortex. Exp Brain Res 5:210-234.
23. Brodal P. 1968b. The corticopontine projection in the cat. Demonstration of a somatotopically organized projection from the second sensorimotor cortex. Arch Ital Biol 106:310-332.
24. Brodal P. 1972a. The corticopontine projection from the visual cortex in the cat. I. The total projection and the projection from area 17. Brain Res 39:297-317.
25. Brodal P. 1972b. The corticopontine projection from the visual cortex in the cat. II. The projection from areas 18 and 19. Brain Res 39:319-335.
26. Brodal P. 1972c. The corticopontine projection in the cat. The projection from the auditory cortex. Arch Ital Biol 110:119-144.
27. Brodal P. 1983. Principles of organization of the corticopontocerebellar projection to crus II in the cat with particular reference to the parietal cortical areas. Neuroscience 10:621-638.
28. Brodal P, Bjaalie JG. 1992. Organization of the pontine nuclei. Neurosci Res 13:83-118.
29. Brodal A, Jansen J. 1946. The pontocerebellar projection in the rabbit and cat. Experimental investigations. J Comp Neurol 84:31-118.
30. Brodal P, Steen N. 1983. The corticopontocerebellar pathway to crus I in the cat as studied with anterograde and retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase. Brain Res 267:1-17.
31. Brugge JF, Dubrovsky NA, Aitkin LM, Anderson DJ. 1969. Sensitivity of single neurons in auditory cortex of cat to binaural tonal stimulation; effects of varying interaural time and intensity. J Neurophysiol 32:1005-1024.
32. Brugge JF, Reale RA, Hind JE. 1996. The structure of spatial receptive fields of neurons in primary auditory cortex of the cat. J Neurosci 16:4420-4437.
33. Chiba M. 1980. Patterns of organization of the corticopontine projection in the cat with comments on the pontocerebellar projection. J Hirnforsch 21:89-99.
34. Clarey JC, Irvine DRF. 1986. Auditory response properties of neurons in the auditory ectosylvian sulcus of the cat. Brain Res 386:12-19.
35. Clarey JC, Irvine DRF. 1990a. The anterior ectosylvian sulcal auditory field in the cat. I. An electrophysiological study of its relationship to surrounding auditory cortical fields. J Comp Neurol 301:289-303.
36. Clarey JC, Irvine DRF. 1990b. The anterior ectosylvian sulcal auditory field in the cat. II. A horseradish peroxidase study of its thalamic and cortical connections. J Comp Neurol 301:304-324.
37. Clarey JC, Barone P, Imig TJ. 1994. Functional organization of sound direction and sound pressure level in primary auditory cortex of the cat. J Neurophysiol 72:2383-2405.
38. Clascá F, Llamas A, Reinoso-Suárez F. 1997. Insular cortex and neighboring fields in the cat: a redefinition based on cortical microarchitecture and connections with the thalamus. J Comp Neurol 384:456-482.
39. Coomes DL, Schofield BR. 2004. Projections from the auditory cortex to the superior olivary complex in guinea pigs. Eur J Neurosci 19:2188-2200.
40. Cooper MH, Young PA. 1976. Cortical projections to the inferior colliculus of the cat. Exp Neurol 51:488-502.
41. Diamond IT, Jones EG, Powell TPS. 1969. The projection of the auditory cortex upon the diencephalon and brain stem in the cat. Brain Res 15:305-340.
42. Fallon JH, Benevento LA. 1977. Auditory-visual interaction in cat orbital-insular cortex. Neurosci Lett 6:143-149.
43. Fallon JH, Benevento LA, Loe PR. 1978. Frequency-dependent inhibition to tones in neurons of cat insular cortex. Brain Res 145:161-167.
44. Giménez-Amaya JM. 1988. Afferent connections to the pontine nuclei from the cortex to the anterior ectosylvian sulcus in the cat. Neurosci Lett 85:29-34.
45. Glickstein M. 1997. Mossy-fibre sensory input to the cerebellum. Prog. Brain Res 114:251-259.
46. Hashikawa T. 1983. The inferior colliculopontine neurons of the cat in relation to other collicular descending neurons. J Comp Neurol 219:241-249.
47. Hazama M, Kimura A, Donishi T, Sakoda T, Tamai Y. 2004. Topography of corticothalamic projections from the auditory cortex of the rat. Neuroscience 124:655-667.
48. He J, Hashikawa T. 1998. Connections of the dorsal zone of cat auditory cortex. J Comp Neurol 400:334-348.
49. Höllander H, Brodal P, Walberg F. 1969. Electronmicroscopic observations on the structure of the pontine nuclei and the mode of termination of the corticopontine fibres. An experimental study in the cat. Exp Brain Res 7:95-110.
50. Huang CL, Winer JA. 2000. Auditory thalamocortical projections in the cat: laminar and areal patterns of input. J Comp Neurol 427:302-331.
51. Imig TJ, Morel A. 1984. Topographic and cytoarchitectonic organization of thalamic neurons related to their targets in low-, middle-, and high-frequency representations in cat auditory cortex. J Comp Neurol 227:511-539.
52. Imig TJ, Morel A. 1985. Tonotopic organization in lateral part of posterior group of thalamic nuclei in the cat. J Neurophysiol 53:836-851.
53. Jacomme AV, Nodal FR, Bajo VM, Manunta Y, Edeline JM, Babalian A, Rouiller EM. 2003. The projection from auditory cortex to cochlear nucleus in guinea pigs: an in vivo anatomical and in vitro electrophysiological study. Exp Brain Res 153:467-476.
54. Jen PH-S, Hou T, Wu M. 1993. Neurons in the inferior colliculus, auditory cortex and pontine nuclei of the FM bat, Eptesicus fuscus respond to pulse repetition rate differently. Brain Res 613:152-155.
55. Kamada T, Wu M, Jen PH-S. 1992. Auditory response properties and spatial response areas of single neurons in the pontine nuclei of the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus. Brain Res 575:187-198.
56. Kandler K, Herbert H. 1991. Auditory projections from the cochlear nucleus to pontine and mesencephalic reticular nuclei in the rat. Brain Res 562:230-242.
57. Kawamura K. 1975. The pontine projection from the inferior colliculus in the cat. An experimental anatomical study. Brain Res 95:309-322.
58. Kawamura K, Brodal A. 1973. The tectopontine projection in the cat: an experimental anatomical study with comments on pathways for teleceptive impulses to the cerebellum. J Comp Neurol 149:371-390.
59. Kawamura K, Chiba M. 1979. Cortical neurons projecting to the pontine nuclei in the cat. An experimental study with the horseradish peroxidase technique. Exp Brain Res 35:269-285.
60. Keizer K, Kuypers HG, Ronday HK. 1987. Branching cortical neurons in cat which project to the colliculi and to the pons: a retrograde fluorescent double-labeling study. Exp Brain Res 67:1-15.
61. Kimura A, Donishi T, Sakoda T, Hazama M, Tamai Y. 2003. Auditory thalamic nuclei projections to the temporal cortex in the rat. Neuroscience 117:1003-1016.
62. Knight PL. 1977. Representation of the cochlea within the anterior auditory field (AAF) of the cat. Brain Res 130:447-467.
63. Knowlton BJ, Thompson JK, Thompson RF. 1993. Projections from the auditory cortex to the pontine nuclei in the rabbit. Behav Brain Res 56:23-30.
64. Knudsen EI, Konishi M. 1978. A neural map of auditory space in the owl. Science 200:795-797.
65. Korte M, Rauschecker JP. 1993. Auditory spatial tuning of cortical neurons is sharpened in cats with early blindness. J Neurophysiol 70:1717-1721.
66. Kusama T, Otani K, Kawana E. 1966. Projections of the motor, somatic sensory, auditory and visual cortices in cats. Prog Brain Res 21:292-322.
67. Lee HS, Mihailoff GA. 1990. Convergence of cortical and cerebellar projections on single basilar pontine neurons: a light and electron microscopic study in the rat. Neuroscience 39:561-577.
68. Leergaard TB. 2003. Clustered and laminar topographic patterns in rat cerebro-pontine pathways. Anat Embryol (Berl) 206:149-162.
69. Leergaard TB, Lakke EA, Bjaalie JG. 1995. Topographical organization in the early postnatal corticopontine projection: a carbocyanine dye and 3-D computer reconstruction study in the rat. J Comp Neurol 361:77-94.
70. Leergaard TB, Lyngstad KA, Thompson JH, Taeymans S, Vos BP, De Schutter E, Bower JM, Bjaalie JG. 2000. Rat somatosensory cerebropontocerebellar pathways: spatial relationships of the somatotopic map of the primary somatosensory cortex are preserved in a three-dimensional clustered pontine map. J Comp Neurol 422:246-266.
71. Legg CR, Mercier B, Glickstein M. 1989. Corticopontine projection in the rat: the distribution of labelled cortical cells after large injections of horseradish peroxidase in the pontine nuclei. J Comp Neurol 286:427-441.
72. Matsuzaki R, Kyuhou S. 1997. Pontine neurons which relay projections from the superior colliculus to the posterior vermis of the cerebellum in the cat: distribution and visual properties. Neurosci Lett 236:99-102.
73. Merzenich MM, Knight PL, Roth GL. 1975. Representation of cochlea within primary auditory cortex. J Neurophysiol 38:231-249.
74. Mesulam MM. 1978. Tetramethyl benzidine for horseradish peroxidase neurohistochemistry: a non-carcinogenic blue reaction product with superior sensitivity for visualizing neural afferents and efferents. J Histochem Cytochem 26:106-117.
75. Mickey BJ, Middlebrooks JC. 2001. Responses of auditory cortical neurons to pairs of sounds: correlates of fusion and localization. J Neurophysiol 86:1333-1350.
76. Middlebrooks JC, Green DM. 1991. Sound localization by human listeners. Annu Rev Psychol 42:135-159.
77. Middlebrooks JC, Pettigrew JD. 1981. Functional classes of neurons in primary auditory cortex of the cat distinguished by sensitivity to sound location. J Neurosci 1:107-120.
78. Middlebrooks JC, Xu L, Eddins AC, Green DM. 1998. Codes for sound-source location in nontonotopic auditory cortex. J Neurophysiol 80:863-881.
79. Mihailoff GA, Bourell KW. 1986. Synapse formation and other ultrastructural features of postnatal development in the basilar pontine nuclei of the rat. Dev Brain Res 28:195-212.
80. Mihailoff GA, King JS. 1975. The basilar pontine gray of the opossum: a correlated light and electron microscopic analysis. J Comp Neurol 159:521-552.
81. Mihailoff GA, Burne RA, Woodward DJ. 1978. Projections of the sensorimotor cortex to the basilar pontine nuclei in the rat: an autoradiographic study. Brain Res 145:347-354.
82. Mihailoff GA, Adams CE, Woodward DJ. 1984. An autoradiographic study of the postnatal development of sensorimotor and visual components of the corticopontine system. J Comp Neurol 222:116-127.
83. Morel A, Imig TJ. 1987. Thalamic projections to fields A, AI, P, and VP in the cat auditory cortex. J Comp Neurol 265:119-144.
84. Niimi K, Matsuoka H. 1979. Thalamocortical organization of the auditory system in the cat studied by retrograde axonal transport of horseradish peroxidase. Adv Anat Embryol Cell Biol 57:1-56.
85. Ohlrogge M, Doucet JR, Ryugo DK. 2001. Projections of the pontine nuclei to the cochlear nucleus in rats. J Comp Neurol 436:290-303.
86. Overby SE, Bjaalie JG, Brodal P. 1989. Uneven densities of corticopontine neurons in the somatosensory cortex: a quantitative experimental study in the cat. Exp Brain Res 77:653-665.
87. Peña JL. 2002. Neurons that encode sound direction. Rev Neurol 34:265-271.
88. Phillips DP, Brugge JF. 1985. Progress in neurophysiology of sound localization. Annu Rev Psychol 36:245-274.
89. Phillips DP, Irvine DRF. 1982. Properties of single neurons in the anterior auditory field (AAF) of cat cerebral cortex. Brain Res 248:237-244.
90. Phillips DP, Orman SS. 1984. Responses of single neurons in posterior field of cat auditory cortex to tonal stimulation. J Neurophysiol 51:147-163.
91. Qian Y, Jen PH-S. 1994. Fos-like immunoreactivity elicited by sound stimulation in the auditory neurons of the big brown bat Eptesicus fuscus. Brain Res 664:241-246.
92. Rajan R, Aitkin LM, Irvine DRF, McKay J. 1990. Azimuthal sensitivity of neurons in primary auditory cortex of cats. I. Types of sensitivity and the effects of variations in stimulus parameters. J Neurophysiol 64:872-887.
93. Ramon-Moliner E, Nauta WJH. 1966. The isodendritic core of the brain stem. J Comp Neurol 126:311-335.
94. Reale RA, Imig TJ. 1980. Tonotopic organization in auditory cortex of the cat. J Comp Neurol 182:265-291.
95. Reale RA, Imig TJ. 1983. Auditory cortical field projections to the basal ganglia of the cat. Neuroscience 8:67-86.
96. Roda JM, Reinoso-Suarez F. 1983. Topographical organization of the thalamic projections to the cortex of the anterior ectosylvian sulcus in the cat. Exp Brain Res 49:131-139.
97. Roth GL, Kochhar RK, Hind JE. 1980. Interaural time differences: implications regarding the neurophysiology of sound localization. J Acoust Soc Am 68:1643-1651.
98. Rouiller EM, de Ribaupierre F. 1990. Arborization of corticothalamic axons in the auditory thalamus of the cat: a PHA-L tracing study. Neurosci Lett 108:29-35.
99. Rouiller EM, Hornung JP, de Ribaupierre F. 1989. Extrathalamic ascending projections to physiologically identified fields of the cat auditory cortex. Hear Res 40:233-246.
100. Schmahmann JD, Pandya DN. 1991. Projections to the basis pontis from the superior temporal sulcus and superior temporal region in the rhesus monkey. J Comp Neurol 308:224-248.
101. Schofield BR, Coomes DL. 2005. Projections from auditory cortex contact cells in the cochlear nucleus that project to the inferior colliculus. Hear Res 206:3-11.
102. Schreiner CE, Cynader MS. 1984. Basic functional organization of second auditory cortical field (AII) of the cat. J Neurophysiol 51:1284-1305.
103. Schuller G, Covey E, Casseday JH. 1991. Auditory pontine grey: connections and response properties in the horseshoe bat. Eur J Neurosci 3:648-662.
104. Shambes GM, Gibson JM, Welker W. 1978. Fractured somatotopy in granule cell tactile areas of rat cerebellar hemispheres revealed by micromapping. Brain Behav Evol 15:94-140.
105. Sherman SM, Guillery RW. 1998. On the actions that one nerve cell can have on another: distinguishing "drivers" from "modulators." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95:7121-7126.
106. Shinonaga Y, Takada M, Mizuno N. 1994. Direct projections from the non-laminated divisions of the medial geniculate nucleus to the temporal polar cortex and amygdala in the cat. J Comp Neurol 340:405-426.
107. Sindberg RM, Thompson RF. 1962. Auditory response fields in ventral temporal and insular cortex in cat. J Neurophysiol 25:21-28.
108. Suga N, Gao E, Zhang Y, Ma X, Olsen JF. 2000. The corticofugal system for hearing: recent progress. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 97:11807-11814.
109. Thompson AM. 1998. Heterogeneous projections of the cat posteroventral cochlear nucleus. J Comp Neurol 390:439-453.
110. Toronchuk JM, Stumpf E, Cynader MS. 1992. Auditory cortex neurons sensitive to correlates of auditory motion: underlying mechanisms. Exp Brain Res 88:169-180.
111. Vischer MW, Hausler R, Rouiller EM. 1994. Distribution of Fos-like immunoreactivity in the auditory pathway of the Sprague-Dawley rat elicited by cochlear electrical stimulation. Neurosci Res 19:175-185.
112. Weedman DL, Ryugo DK. 1996. Projections from auditory cortex to the cochlear nucleus in rats: synapses on granule cell dendrites. J Comp Neurol 371:311-324.
113. Wiesendanger R, Wiesendanger M. 1982a. The corticopontine system in the rat. I. Mapping of corticopontine neurons. J Comp Neurol 208:215-226.
114. Wiesendanger R, Wiesendanger M. 1982b. The corticopontine system in the rat. II. The projection pattern. J Comp Neurol 208:227-238.
115. Winer JA. 1992. The functional architecture of the medial geniculate body and the primary auditory cortex. In: Webster DB, Popper AN, Fay RR, editors. Springer handbook of auditory research, vol. 1. The mammalian auditory pathway: neuroanatomy. New York: Springer. p 222-409.
116. Winer JA, Larue DT, Diehl JJ, Hefti BJ. 1998. Auditory cortical projections to the cat inferior colliculus. J Comp Neurol 400:147-174.
117. Winer JA, Larue DT, Huang CL. 1999. Two systems of giant axon terminals in the cat medial geniculate body: convergence of cortical and GABAergic inputs. J Comp Neurol 413:181-197.
118. Winer JA, Diehl JJ, Larue DT. 2001. Projections of auditory cortex to the medial geniculate body of the cat. J Comp Neurol 430:27-55.
119. Woolsey CN. 1960. Organization of cortical auditory system: a review and synthesis. In: Rasmussen GL, Windle WF, editors. Neural mechanisms of the auditory and vestibular systems. Springfield, IL: CC Thomas. p 165-180.
120. Woolsey CN. 1961. Organization of cortical auditory system. In: Rosenblith WA, editor. Sensory communication. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. p 235-257.
121. Wu MI, Jen PH-S. 1995. Responses of pontine neurons of the big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus, to temporally patterned sound pulses. Hear Res 85:155-168.
122. Xiao Z, Suga N. 2002. Modulation of cochlear hair cells by the auditory cortex in the mustached bat. Nat Neurosci 5:57-63.
123. Yan J, Ehret G. 2001. Corticofugal reorganization of the midbrain tonotopic map in mice. Neuroreport 12:3313-3316.