Cerebral Cortex, Vol 7, 303-316, Copyright © 1997 by Oxford University Press
RA Lucio, JV Garcia, J Ramon Cerezo, P Pacheco, GM Innocenti and P Berbel
Previous studies have shown that hypothyroidism modifies the development of
callosal connections. In particular, adult hypothyroid rats have fewer
callosally projecting neurons in layers II-III of the auditory cortex and
more in layer V. This might be due to disturbance in the
stabilization/elimination of juvenile callosal axons, or to abnormal
neuronal migration during cortical histogenesis. To distinguish between
these possibilities we have studied the distribution of callosally
projecting auditory neurons at different postnatal ages using retrogradely
transported tracers, and the cortical neurogenetic gradients using DNA
labelling with 5-bromo-2'- deoxiuridine. In hypothyroid rats, injected at
postnatal day 5 (P5) and killed at P18-20, most of the neurons retrogradely
labelled from the contralateral hemisphere are distributed between layers
IV and VI, as in older rats. In hypothyroid rats, many neurons are at
locations inappropriate for their birthdate, including the subcortical
white matter, resulting in more diffuse radial neurogenetic gradients.
These results indicate that early induced hypothyroidism alters neuronal
migration and prevents the establishment of callosal connections from
cortical layers II-III.
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The development of auditory callosal connections in normal and hypothyroid rats
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