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Anatomical evidence for inputs to ventrolateral medullary catecholaminergic neurons from the midbrain periaqueductal gray of the rat
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Anatomical evidence for inputs to ventrolateral medullary catecholaminergic neurons from the midbrain periaqueductal gray of the rat

Sheng Chen, Gary Aston-Jones and Songming Chen
Neuroscience letters, v 195(2), pp 140-144
04 Aug 1995
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3940(94)11788-K
PMID: 7478270
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Abstract

A1 noradrenergic neurons C1 adrenergic neurons Cardiovascular control Catecholaminergic neurons Periaqueductal gray PHA-L anterograde tracing Ventrolateral medulla
Previous studies have shown that the midbrain periaqueductal gray (PAG) projects to the ventrolateral medulla (VLM). Here, we studied PAG projections to the area of A1/C1 neurons in the VLM in the rat using phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin (PHA-L) anterograde tracing combined with immunocytochemistry for tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) or phenylethanolamine N-methyl transferase (PNMT). Following PAG injections, PHA-L labeled fibers and terminals were intermingled among TH-immunoreactive (TH-ir) neurons in the VLM. High-power light microscopic examination revealed that some of the PHA-L labeled varicose fibers and boutons were in close contiguity with TH-ir elements. Such apparent appositions appeared more frequently on TH-ir elements in the A1 area than on TH-ir or PNMT-ir neurons ni the C1 area. These results indicate that some PAG inputs to the VLM may directly innervate A1/C1 neurons

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