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ArticleFrontiers in neuroanatomy2021

Cross-Streams Through the Ventral Posteromedial Thalamic Nucleus to Convey Vibrissal Information.

Huimin Zhang, Xiaojun Wang, Wenyan Guo, Anan Li, Ruixi Chen, Fei Huang, Xiaoxiang Liu, Yijun Chen, Ning Li, Xiuli Liu and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in neuroanatomy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Huimin ZhangCollaborative Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Xiaojun WangCollaborative Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Wenyan GuoCollaborative Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Anan LiCollaborative Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Ruixi ChenCollaborative Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Fei HuangCollaborative Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Xiaoxiang LiuCollaborative Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yijun ChenCollaborative Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Ning LiCollaborative Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Xiuli LiuCollaborative Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Tonghui XuDepartment of Laboratory Animal Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Zheng XueDepartment of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Shaoqun ZengCollaborative Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics · CNHuazhong University of Science and Technology · CNFudan University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whisker detection is crucial to adapt to the environment for some animals, but how the nervous system processes and integrates whisker information is still an open question. It is well-known that two main parallel pathways through Ventral posteromedial thalamic nucleus (VPM) ascend to the barrel cortex, and classical theory suggests that the cross-talk from trigeminal nucleus interpolaris (Sp5i) to principal nucleus (Pr5) between the main parallel pathways contributes to the multi-whisker integration in barrel columns. Moreover, some studies suggest there are other cross-streams between the parallel pathways. To confirm their existence, in this study we used a dual-viral labeling strategy and high-resolution, large-volume light imaging to get the complete morphology of individual VPM neurons and trace their projections. We found some new thalamocortical projections from the ventral lateral part of VPM (VPMvl) to barrel columns. In addition, the retrograde-viral labeling and imaging results showed there were the large trigeminothalamic projections from Sp5i to the dorsomedial section of VPM (VPMdm). Our results reveal new cross-streams between the parallel pathways through VPM, which may involve the execution of multi-whisker integration in barrel columns.

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barrel columnscomplete neuron morphologycross-streamsparallel pathwaystrigeminal nucleus interpolarisventral posteromedial thalamic nucleus

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