The sequential development of the higher visual centers in the C.N.S. of the quail

Abstract

The development of the optic tectum and the main nuclei of the visual pathways were studied in the quail and correlated with retinal development. The lateral geniculate nuclei began to establish by the 8th day of ineubation and the optic fibre reached the optic tectum by the 10th day, a time when the retina acquired its inner segments. By the 14th day when the retina became fully development, the cytological architecture in the tectum and the appearing of the other visual nuclei were completed.