Neostriatal mosaic Matrix

Gerfen C. R., Herkenham M., Thibault J. (1987). The neostriatal mosaic II. Patch- and matrix-directed mesostriatal dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic systems. J. Neurosci. 7, 3915-34. 

Gerfen, C.R. (1989) The neostriatal mosaic striatal patch-matrix organization is related to cortical lamination. Science 246 385-388. 

Calbindin-immunoreactive and calretinin-immunoreactive neurons project to the frontal cortex and striatum (Gerfen et al., 1987). In the rat, the efferents of calbindin-positive neurons take part in the neostriatal mosaic (see Section 5.1), since they project selectively to the matrix compartment of the striatum, whereas calbindin-negative neurons innervate preferentially the patch compartment (Gerfen et al., 1985, 1987). 

Gerfen CR, Baimbridge KG, Thibault J (1987) The neostriatal mosaic III. Biochemical and developmental dissociation of patch-matrix mesostriatal systems. J. Neurosci., 7, 3935-3944. 

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