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- Title
Cyto- and Chemoarchitecture of the Cortex of the Tammar Wallaby (Macropuseugenii): Areal Organization.
- Authors
Ashwell, K. W. S.; Zhang, L.-L.; Marotte, L. R.
- Abstract
We have examined the cyto- and chemoarchitecture of the isocortex of a diprotodontid marsupial, the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii), using Nissl staining in combination with enzyme histochemical (acetylcholinesterase – AChE, NADPH-diaphorase – NADPHd, cytochrome oxidase) and immunohistochemical (non-phosphorylated neurofilament – SMI-32) markers. The primary sensory cortex showed distinctive patterns of reactivity in cytochrome oxidase, acetylcholinesterase and NADPH diaphorase. For example, in AChE material, S1 showed a heterogeneous appearance, with regions exhibiting a double layer of AChE activity (layers II and IV) adjacent to poorly reactive regions. In NADPHd preparations, activity in S1 was strongest in layers I to IV although, as in AChE material, there were consistent patches of reduced NADPHd activity which corresponded to poorly reactive regions in the AChE sections. Each of the primary sensory areas of the isocortex showed a different pattern of distribution of SMI-32+ neurons. In V1, SMI-32+ neurons were distributed in two layers (III and V) throughout the tangential extent of that region. In S1, SMI-32+ neurons were concentrated in layer V, but large and discrete patches within S1 had additional SMI-32+ neurons in layer III. In primary auditory cortex there was a dense band of SMI-32+ neurons in layer V, with only occasional labeled pyramidal neurons in layer III. In the secondary sensory areas (V2 and S2) SMI-32+ neurons were either distributed in layers III and V (V2) or solely within layer V (S2). The tangential and laminar distribution of Type I reactive NADPH diaphorase neurons in the tammar wallaby cortex was more like that seen in eutheria than in polyprotodontid metatheria. Copyright © 2005 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
WALLABIES; METALLOENZYMES; BIOMARKERS; NEOCORTEX; TEMPORAL lobe; ENZYMES
- Publication
Brain, Behavior & Evolution, 2005, Vol 66, Issue 2, p114
- ISSN
0006-8977
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000086230