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(A) Composite map showing the 3D distribution of cholinergic cells projecting
to four, arbitrarily defined medio-lateral sectors of the neocortex. In
the color version of this figure (accompanying CD-ROM) cells projecting
to different regions are color-coded (medial: red, intermediary sector:
blue and yellow and lateral parts of the neocortex: green). Note the relatively
ordered rostro-medial to caudo-lateral distribution of cells that project
to medio-laterally located cortical areas. Dark (red) symbols in the lower
right side of the model are rostral. Medial is right, lateral is left. (B)
Iso-density surface rendering to show the major organizational features
in the BF. Unit space: 400 x 400 x 50 micron, density threshold greater
than 2 cell /voxel. For appreciation of the different cell groups see the
color version of this figure where dark blue surface covers unit spaces
that contain cholinergic cells projecting to the posteromedial (M1/M2) cortex;
yellow: medial prefrontal cortex; red: barrel cortex; green: posterior insular-perirhinal;
light blue: agranular insular-lateral orbital; magenta: lateral frontal
(motor) cortex. The iso-relational rendering of part B is placed into the
wireframe of the section outlines and the corpus callosum to show their
real position in the original brain. Note that the view in (B) is a mirror
image of (A). Here and at the rest of the 3D representations the numbers
along the z axis are the layers (sections) and the x, and y values correspond
to the voxel indices. |
