PROJECTIONS FROM THE ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA TO BRAIN-STEM MONOAMINE NEURONS IN THE RAT

被引:11
作者
NICHOLAS, AP [1 ]
HANCOCK, MB [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TEXAS,MED BRANCH,DEPT ANAT & NEUROSCI,200 UNIV BLVD,SUITE 730,GALVESTON,TX 77550
关键词
ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; BRAIN-STEM PATHWAY; PHASEOLUS-VULGARIS LEUKOAGGLUTININ; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3940(91)90201-4
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Following the iontophorectic deposition of Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin (PHA-L) into the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVL), two-color immunoperoxidase staining was employed to demonstrate contiguity between PHA-L-immunoreactive (PHA-LI) varicose fibers and boutons and brainstem monoaminergic cells. Black-stained PHA-LI cells in the deposition site were found to be located among amber-stained phenylethanolamine M-methyl transferase-immunoreactive (PNMT-I) neurons of the C1 cell group. RVL projections were contiguous with PNMT-I neurons of the C1, C2 and C3 cell groups, with tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive (TH-I) neurons of the A1, A2 and A5 cell groups, and with serotonin-immunoreactive (5-HT-I) neurons of the B1, B2 and B3 cell groups. Preliminary findings of this study have been presented previously.
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