Human retinohypothalamic tract as revealed by in vitro postmortem tracing

• Published in: Journal of comparative neurology (1911) Vol. 397; no. 3; pp. 357 - 370
• Main Authors: Dai, Jiapei, Vliet, Jan Van Der, Swaab, Dick F., Buijs, Ruud M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc 03.08.1998
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alzheimer Disease - physiopathology; Biotin - analogs & derivatives; Brain Mapping; Cadaver; circadian rhythms; Female; human; Humans; hypothalamus; Hypothalamus - physiology; Hypothalamus - physiopathology; Male; retina; Retina - physiology; Retina - physiopathology; suprachiasmatic nucleus; Synaptic Transmission - physiology

Animal experimental studies have shown that the retinohypothalamic tract (RHT) is an anatomical and functionally distinct retinofugal pathway mediating photic entrainment of circadian rhythms. In the present study, RHT projections were studied in the human brain by our recently developed postmortem...