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 5D

Photomicrograph of a frontal section showing retrogradely labeled cells in the lateral parabrachial nucleus after a LC+periLC injection. Note also the anterograde labeling of the dorsal noradrenergic bundle ventrally to the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus.