Afferent projections to the rat locus coeruleus demonstrated by retrograde and anterograde tracing with cholera-toxin B subunit and Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin

Luppi P.H., Aston-Jones G., Akaoka H., Chouvet and Jouvet M.
Neuroscience (1995) Vol:65 Tome:1 pp:119-160
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Material and methods

RESULTS

I. Cytoarchitecture of the locus coeruleus area

II. Afferent projections to the locus coeruleus

A) Retrograde tracing experiments

B) Anterograde tracing experiments

Discussion

FIGURES

Posterior hypothalamus : Camera Lucida drawings (Intermediate)

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INDEX
  • 3 oculomotor nucleus
  • 3V 3rd ventricle
  • 4 trochlear nucleus
  • 7 facial nucleus
  • 8n vestibulocochlear nerve
  • 10 dorsal motor nucleus of vagus
  • 12 hypoglossal nucleus
  • ac anterior commissure
  • aca anterior commissure, anterior
  • AHC anterior hypothalamic area, central part
  • AHP anterior hypothalamic area, posterior part
  • Amb ambiguus nucleus
  • AP area postrema
  • Aq aqueduct (Sylvius)
  • Arc arcuate hypothalamic nucleus
  • ATg anterior tegmental nucleus
  • B9 B9 5-hydroxytryptamine cells
  • Bar Barrington's nucleus
  • BST bed nucleus of the stria terminalis
  • BSTL bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, lateral division
  • BSTM bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, medial division
  • BSTV bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, ventral division
  • Ce central amygdaloid nucleus
  • CG central (periaqueductal) gray
  • Cl claustrum
  • CLI caudal linear nucleus of the raphe
  • CNF cuneiform nucleus
  • cp cerebral peduncle, basal part
  • Cu cuneate nucleus
  • CVL caudoventrolateral reticular nucleus
  • DA dorsal hypothalamic area
  • Dk nucleus of Darkschewitsch
  • DLL dorsal nucleus of the lateral lemniscus
  • DM dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus
  • DMC dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus, compact part
  • DMD dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus, diffuse part
  • DPGi dorsal paragigantocellular nucleus
  • DR dorsal raphe nucleus
  • DTg dorsal tegmental nucleus
  • EP entopeduncular nucleus
  • EW Edinger-Westphal nucleus
  • f fornix
  • F nucleus of the fields of Forel
  • FF fields of Forel
  • fmi forceps minor corpus callosum
  • fr fasciculus retroflexus
  • Fr1 frontal cortex, area 1
  • g7 genu of the facial nerve
  • Gi gigantocellular reticular nucleus
  • GiA gigantocellular reticular nucleus, alpha part
  • GiV gigantocellular reticular nucleus, ventral part
  • Gr gracile nucleus
  • HDB nucleus of the horizontal limb of the diagonal band
  • ic internal capsule
  • IL infralimbic cortex
  • IO inferior olive
  • IP interpeduncular nucleus
  • IPA interpeduncular nucleus, apical subnucleus
  • KF Kšlliker-Fuse nucleus
  • LC locus coeruleus
  • LDT laterodorsal tegmental nucleus
  • lfp longitudinal fasciculus of the pons
  • LH lateral hypothalamic area
  • LHb lateral habenular nucleus
  • Li linear nucleus of the medulla
  • ll lateral lemniscus
  • LM lateral mammillary nucleus
  • LPB lateral parabrachial nucleus
  • LPGi lateral paragigantocellular nucleus
  • LPO lateral preoptic area
  • LRt lateral reticular nucleus
  • LSO lateral superior olive
  • LV lateral ventricle
  • LVe lateral vestibular nucleus
  • lvs lateral vestibulospinal tract
  • MCLH magnocellular nucleus of the lateral hypothalamus
  • MCPO magnocellular preoptic nucleus
  • MdD medullary reticular nucleus, dorsal part
  • MdV medullary reticular nucleus, ventral part
  • Me5 mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus
  • me5 mesencephalic trigeminal tract
  • ml medial lemniscus
  • mlf medial longitudinal fasciculus
  • Mn medial mamillary nucleus
  • MP medial mamillary nucleus, posterior
  • MnPO median preoptic nucleus
  • MnR median raphe nucleus
  • Mo5 motor trigeminal nucleus
  • MPA medial preoptic area
  • MPB medial parabrachial nucleus
  • MPO medial preoptic nucleus
  • MPOC medial preoptic nucleus, central part
  • mt mammillothalamic tract
  • MTu medial tuberal nucleus
  • MVe medial vestibular nucleus
  • opt optic tract
  • ox optic chiasm
  • Pa paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus
  • PBG parabigeminal nucleus
  • PCRt parvocellular reticular nucleus
  • PDTg posterodorsal tegmental nucleus
  • PeF perifornical nucleus
  • PH posterior hypothalamic area
  • PMD premammillary nucleus, dorsal part
  • PMR paramedian raphe
  • PMV premammillary nucleus, ventral part
  • Pn pontine nuclei
  • PnC pontine reticular nucleus, caudal part
  • PnO pontine reticular nucleus, oral part
  • PnV pontine reticular nucleus, ventral part
  • PPT pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus
  • Pr5 principal sensory trigeminal nucleus
  • PrH prepositus hypoglossal nucleus
  • PVA paraventricular thalamic nucleus, anterior part
  • py pyramidal tract
  • R red nucleus
  • RCh retrochiasmatic area
  • RMC red nucleus, magnocellular part
  • RMg raphe magnus nucleus
  • ROb raphe obscurus nucleus
  • RPa raphe pallidus (postpyramidal raphe) nucleus
  • RPC red nucleus, parvocellular part
  • RPn raphe pontis nucleus
  • RPO rostral periolivary region
  • RR retrorubral nucleus
  • RRF retrorubral field
  • rs rubrospinal tract
  • RtT reticulotegmental nucleus of the pons
  • s5 sensory root trigeminal nerve
  • SC superior colliculus
  • SCh suprachiasmatic nucleus
  • scp superior cerebellar peduncle (brachium conjunctivum)
  • SHy septohypothalamic nucleus
  • SI substantia innominata
  • sm stria medullaris of the thalamus
  • SN substantia nigra
  • SNC substantia nigra, compact part
  • SNR substantia nigra, reticular part
  • SO supraoptic nucleus
  • Sol nucleus of the solitary tract
  • sol solitary tract
  • SOR supraoptic nucleus, retrochiasmatic (diffuse) part
  • sox supraoptic decussation
  • sp5 spinal trigeminal tract
  • Sp5C spinal trigeminal nucleus, caudal part
  • SPO superior paraolivary nucleus
  • SpVe spinal vestibular nucleus
  • st stria terminalis
  • STH subthalamic nucleus
  • TM tuberomammillary nucleus
  • ts tectospinal tract
  • Tz nucleus of the trapezoid body
  • VLL ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus
  • VMH ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus
  • VMHC ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus, central part
  • VP ventral pallidum
  • VTA ventral tegmental area (Tsai)
  • VTg ventral tegmental nucleus (Gudden)
  • xscp decussation of the superior cerebellar peduncle
  • ZI zona incerta