Cerebral Cortex August 2013;23:1901–1922 doi:10.1093/cercor/bhs177 Advance Access publication June 26, 2012 Contrasting Patterns of Cortical Input to Architectural Subdivisions of the Area 8 Complex: A Retrograde Tracing Study in Marmoset Monkeys David H. Reser, Kathleen J. Burman, Hsin-Hao Yu, Tristan A. Chaplin, Karyn E. Richardson, Katrina H. Worthy and Marcello G.P. Rosa Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia Address correspondence to David H. Reser. Email:
[email protected] Contemporary studies recognize 3 distinct cytoarchitectural and Yeterian 1996; Petrides and Pandya 1999; Burman et al. 2006; functional areas within the Brodmann area 8 complex, in the Burman and Rosa 2009a). Reflecting these earlier findings, caudal prefrontal cortex: 8b, 8aD, and 8aV. Here, we report on the and the conclusions of the present study, we refer to these quantitative characteristics of the cortical projections to these subdivisions as areas, and regard BA8 as a complex. areas, using injections of fluorescent tracers in marmoset monkeys. The current nomenclature for the areas forming BA8 is cen- Area 8b was distinct from both 8aD and 8aV due to its connections tered on a prime distinction between lateral and medial por- with medial prefrontal, anterior cingulate, superior temporal poly- tions of this complex (designated areas 8A and 8B by Walker sensory, and ventral midline/retrosplenial areas. In contrast, areas 1940), and further evidence that Walker’s area 8A contains Downloaded from 8aD and 8aV received the bulk of the projections from posterior anatomically and functionally distinct dorsal and ventral sub- parietal cortex and dorsal midline areas.