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 7A

Photomicrograph illustrating the distribution of retrogradely labeled cells in the posterior hypothalamic areas after a CTb injection in the LC+periLC. Note that the cells are diffusely distributed in the posterior hypothalamic areas. Anterogradely labeled fibers belonging to the dorsal noradrenergic bundle are visible in the medial forebrain bundle (upper right of the figure).