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Development, Vol 110, Issue 2 331-342, Copyright © 1990 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Rotation of the tectal primordium reveals plasticity of target recognition in retinotectal projection

H Ichijo, S Fujita, T Matsuno and H Nakamura
Department of Pathology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.

Retinotectal projection is precisely organized in a retinotopic manner. In normal projection, temporal retinal axons project to the rostral part of the tectum, and nasal axons to the caudal part of the tectum. The two-dimensional relationship between the retina and the tectum offers a useful experimental system for analysis of neuronal target recognition. We carried out rotation of the tectal primordium in birds at an early stage of development, around the 10-somite stage, to achieve a better understanding of the characteristics of target recognition, especially the rostrocaudal specificity of the tectum. Our results showed that temporal retinal axons projected to the rostral part of the rotated tectum, which was originally caudal, and that nasal axons projected to the caudal part of the rotated tectum, which was originally rostral. Therefore, the tectum that had been rotated at the 10-somite stage received normal topographic projection from the retinal ganglion cells. Rostrocaudal specificity of the tectum for target recognition is not determined by the 10-somite stage and is acquired through interactions between the tectal primordium and its surrounding structures.


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