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The development of the thalamic afferent projections to layer I of the visual cortex of the albino rat was studied using the retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase. The results show that the projections to layer I which arise in the “nonspecific” thalamic nuclei (lateral posterior nucleus, posterior complex and ventromedial nucleus) develop earlier than the projection from the “specific” nucleus (dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus).
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Parnavelas, J.G., Chatzissavidou, A. The development of the thalamic projections to layer I of the visual cortex of the rat. Anat Embryol 163, 71–75 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00315771
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