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Outgrowth and directional specificity of fibers from embryonic retinal transplants in the chick optic tectum

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Thanos,  S
Department Physical Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Max Planck Society;

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Dütting,  D
Department Physical Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Max Planck Society;

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Thanos, S., & Dütting, D. (1987). Outgrowth and directional specificity of fibers from embryonic retinal transplants in the chick optic tectum. Brain Research, 429(2), 161-179. doi:10.1016/0165-3806(87)90098-8.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000C-A9D8-2
Abstract
Retinal pieces taken from known positions of 6-day chick embryos were vitally labeled with the fluorescent dye Rhodamine-B-isothiocyanate (RITC). They were then transferred onto the surfaces of optic tecta following early bilateral removal of the embryo's optic vesicles. One to 5 days after transplantation the tecta were fixed and transplants that issued fibers were examined on tectal whole-mounts or were sectioned and viewed with a fluorescence microscope. Retinal fibers growing out from transplants on day E6 tecta showed a capacity for changing their initial outgrowth directions and for reorienting themselves towards their specific retinotopic projection area. Frequently, changes in growth direction appeared in a right-angled pattern. The capacity for turning was strongest for fibers of nasal retinal origin, less strong for fibers of temporal origin, and occurred rarely but unquantifiably in the case of fibers of ventral retinal origin. Fibers of all investigated retinal quadrants were found to reach their corresponding projection areas and to arborize there, that is, fibers of nasal retinal transplants in the posterior tectum, of temporal transplants in the anterior tectum, and of ventral transplants in the dorsal tectum. Furthermore, once in their target region, the fibers left the outer layer of the tectum and turned, again in right angles, to invade deeper layers. Capacity of fibers to turn towards their projection area was not observed for fibers issued from transplants placed on the tectum later than day E8. We suggest that there is a specific guidance of retinal axons on the tectum.