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Projections of the interstitial nerve cells surrounding the globus pallidus: A study of retrograde changes following cortical ablations in rabbits

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Normative description of the neuronal net of the interstitial nerve cells surrounding the globus pallidus as seen in Nissl-stained preparations is presented. This neuronal net of the interstitial nerve cells, in corroboration with our earlier work, is found to surround the globus pallidus from all aspects and also form the rostral and caudal poles of this neural structure. The interstitial nerve cells lying at the rostral pole of the globus pallidus, in the external medullary lamina of the striatum, at the base of the globus pallidus, and in the anterior twothirds of the internal capsule send their axonal projections to the frontal cortex, which includes the premotor, motor and sensory areas, and the anterior region of the parietal cortex. Since these interstitial nerve cells of the neuronal net appear morphologically and histochemically identical to the neurons of the reticular formation, it is suggested that the entire neuronal net of the interstitial nerve cells is an extension of the diffuse portions of the reticular formation, and that it may be one of the last steps of the diffuse ascending reticulo-cortical pathways.

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Das, G.D. Projections of the interstitial nerve cells surrounding the globus pallidus: A study of retrograde changes following cortical ablations in rabbits. Z. Anat. Entwickl. Gesch. 133, 135–160 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00528020

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