Logo image
Evidence that dopamine‐beta‐hydroxylase immunoreactive neurons in the lateral reticular nucleus project to the spinal cord in the rat
Journal article   Open access

Evidence that dopamine‐beta‐hydroxylase immunoreactive neurons in the lateral reticular nucleus project to the spinal cord in the rat

Hyun S. Lee, Barry D. Waterhouse and Greg A. Mihailoff
The Anatomical record, v 263(3)
01 Jul 2001
PMID: 11455536
url
https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.1096View
Published, Version of Record (VoR)Maybe Open Access (Publisher Bronze) Open

Abstract

A1 noradrenergic region DBH‐immunocytochemistry lateral reticular nucleus spinal cord
The existence of noradrenergic projections from the lateral reticular nucleus (LRt) to the dorsal quadrant of cervical, thoracic, or lumbar spinal cord was investigated using a combined method of WGA‐apo‐HRP‐gold retrograde tracing and dopamine‐beta‐hydroxylase (DBH) immunocytochemistry. Preliminary retrograde tracing studies indicated that LRt neurons projecting to cervical, thoracic, or lumbar spinal cord were characteristically located near the perimeter of the LRt. Double‐labeling experiments demonstrated that a portion of these peripherally‐located, spinal‐projecting neurons were DBH‐immunoreactive. Double‐labeled neurons were also located at the parvocellular division of the contralateral LRt in the thoracic injection cases. Double‐labeled neurons were not observed at the subtrigeminal division in cervical, thoracic, or lumbar injection case. The results suggest the possibility that the noradrenergic LRt‐spinal pathway might be involved in a variety of pain processing and cardiovascular regulatory functions in the rat. Anat Rec 263:269–279, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

Metrics

6 Record Views
5 citations in Scopus

Details

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:

#3 Good Health and Well-Being

InCites Highlights

Data related to this publication, from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool:

Collaboration types
Domestic collaboration
International collaboration
Web of Science research areas
Anatomy & Morphology
Logo image