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Hypothalamic projections to locus coeruleus neurons in rat brain
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Hypothalamic projections to locus coeruleus neurons in rat brain

Beverly A S Reyes, Rita J Valentino, Guangping Xu and Elisabeth J Van Bockstaele
The European journal of neuroscience, v 22(1), pp 93-106
Jul 2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04197.x
PMID: 16029199
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Abstract

Animals Autonomic Nervous System - metabolism Autonomic Nervous System - ultrastructure Biotin - analogs & derivatives Catecholamines - metabolism Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone - metabolism Dendrites - metabolism Dendrites - ultrastructure Dextrans Enkephalins - metabolism Immunohistochemistry Locus Coeruleus - metabolism Locus Coeruleus - ultrastructure Male Median Eminence - metabolism Median Eminence - ultrastructure Microscopy, Electron, Transmission Neural Pathways - metabolism Neural Pathways - ultrastructure Neurons - metabolism Neurons - ultrastructure Neurotransmitter Agents - metabolism Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus - metabolism Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus - ultrastructure Phytohemagglutinins Presynaptic Terminals - metabolism Presynaptic Terminals - ultrastructure Rats Rats, Sprague-Dawley Synapses - metabolism Synapses - ultrastructure Synaptic Transmission - physiology Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase - metabolism Wheat Germ Agglutinin-Horseradish Peroxidase Conjugate
Locus coeruleus (LC) neurons respond to autonomic and visceral stimuli and discharge in parallel with peripheral sympathetic nerves. The present study characterized the synaptic organization of hypothalamic afferents with catecholaminergic neurons in the LC using electron microscopy. Peroxidase labeling of axon terminals that were anterogradely labeled from the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) was combined with gold-silver labeling of tyrosine hydroxylase in the LC. Approximately 19% of the anterogradely labeled axon terminals formed synaptic specializations with tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive dendrites in the LC. Retrograde transport from the LC combined with immunocytochemical detection of enkephalin and corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) suggested that most of the LC-projecting PVN neurons (30%) were CRF immunoreactive and few (2%) were enkephalin immunoreactive. Finally, dual retrograde tracing from the LC and median eminence revealed that PVN neurons that project to the LC are a population distinct from that projecting to the median eminence. The present data suggest that a population of hypothalamic neurons is poised to directly modulate the activity of LC neurons and may integrate autonomic responses in brain by influencing LC neurons. Moreover, PVN neurons that use CRF as a neurohormone are distinct from those that use CRF as a neuromodulator to impact on the LC.

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