An Alternate Pathway for Visual Signal Integration into the Hypothalamo-Pituitary Axis: Retinorecipient Intergeniculate Neurons Project to Various Regions of the Hypothalamus and Innervate Neuroendocrine Cells Including Those Producing Dopamine
Horvath TL. An Alternate Pathway for Visual Signal Integration into the Hypothalamo-Pituitary Axis: Retinorecipient Intergeniculate Neurons Project to Various Regions of the Hypothalamus and Innervate Neuroendocrine Cells Including Those Producing Dopamine. Journal Of Neuroscience 1998, 18: 1546-1558. PMID: 9454860, PMCID: PMC6792709, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-04-01546.1998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypothalamo-pituitary axisIntergeniculate leafletNeuroendocrine cellsSuprachiasmatic nucleusHypothalamic dopamine neuronsMedial preoptic areaFenestrated capillariesPopulations of neuronsNeurons projectBilateral enucleationHypothalamic projectionsDistal dendritesRetrograde tracerVentromedial nucleusDopamine neuronsIntraperitoneal injectionProjection sitesPeriventricular nucleusPreoptic areaRetinal fibersTract tracingHypothalamic cellsRetinal axonsSynaptic targetsEfferents