Original Article: PDF OnlyA zinc-containing fiber system of thalamic originLong, Yuanyuan; Frederickson, Christopher J. Author Information Laboratory for Neurobiology, University of Texas at Dallas, PO Box 688, MS GR 41, Richardson, TX 75080, USA NeuroReport: October 27, 1994 - Volume 5 - Issue 16 - p 2026-2028 Buy Abstract Zinc-containing neurons are cells that sequester zinc pre-synaptically and release it when active. Previously such neurons have been found almost exclusively in cerebro-cortical and amygdalar regions. Here we describe a thalamo-cortical pathway that is zinc-containing, namely, the projection from the anterodorsal nucleus of the thalamus to the subicular cortex. The pathway was identified by the zinc-specific retrograde transport methods; its addition to the zinc-containing cerebral circuitry reinforces the association of the zinc-containing terminals with cortico-limbic systems. © Lippincott-Raven Publishers.
