The efferent connections of the orbitofrontal, posterior parietal, and insular cortex of the rat brain.

ABSTRACT: The orbitofrontal, posterior parietal, and insular cortices are sites of higher-order cognitive processing implicated in a wide range of behaviours, including working memory, attention guiding, decision making, and spatial navigation. To better understand how these regions contribute to such functions, we need detailed knowledge about the underlying structural connectivity. Several tract-tracing studies have investigated specific aspects of orbitofrontal, posterior parietal and insular connectivity, but a digital resource for studying the cortical and subcortical projections from these areas in detail is not available. We here present a comprehensive collection of brightfield and fluorescence microscopic images of serial coronal sections from 49 rat brain tract-tracing experiments, in whic

SUBMITTER: Reiten I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10514078 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature