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

Figure 2B

Illustration of a CTb injection site in the rat LC (RLC15, 180x350µm). Note that this site was localized in the caudal LC and did not substantially appear to involve the lamina and the periaqueductal gray medial to the LC. The MVe region lateral to the LC did not appear to be involved.