CHOLINERGIC NEURONS OF THE FELINE PONTOMESENCEPHALON .2. ASCENDING ANATOMICAL PROJECTIONS

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作者
WOOLF, NJ [1 ]
HARRISON, JB [1 ]
BUCHWALD, JS [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, SCH MED,INST BRAIN RES,MENTAL RETARDAT RES CTR, DEPT PHYSIOL, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 USA
关键词
Basal forebrain; Cat; Choline acetyltransferase; Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus; Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus; Thalamus;
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10.1016/0006-8993(90)91691-9
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
摘要
Immunoreactivity for choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) was analyzed in unoperated cats and in cats in which stereotaxic lesions were made in the pedunculopontine and laterodorsal tegmental nuclei. The fine reaction product revealed moderate to dense ChAT-immunoreactive fiber plexuses throughout the telencephalon, diencephalon, and midbrain. A pontomesencephalic origin of cholinergic innervation to virtually every nucleus of the diencephalon, as well as to various midbrain and basal telencephalic sites was indicated in the cats with lesions, in which the optical density of ChAT-immunoreactivity was significantly decreased as compared to controls. Pontomesencephalic lesions produced no changes, however, in the density of ChAT staining in the cerebral cortex, basolateral amygdala, or caudate nucleus. In addition to ChAT-positive terminal fiber arborizations which were widely distributed, cholinergic fibers-of-passage were traced in the unoperated and operated feline brains. The general course of ChAT fibers cut in cross-section was followed in successive transverse levels, and although pathways originating from the pedunculopontine nucleus demonstrated orientations in every direction, many demonstrated a rostral course. A particularly dense aggregate of ascending ChAT-positive fibers was localized in the dorsolateral sector of the pedunculopontine area which could be followed at more rostral levels into the central tegmental fields and the compact part of the substantia nigra. From the central tegmental fields, numerous ChAT-immunopositive fibers cut in cross-section continued to course rostrally in the intralaminar, reticular and lateroposterior nuclei of the thalamus, and a distinct bundle of ChAT fibers coursing dorsolaterally was observed medial to the optic tract ascending to the lateral geniculate. ChAT fibers with dorsolateral orientations were additionally observed in the zona incerta, ventral anterior thalamus, and ansa lenticularis on route to the reticular thalamus, the globus pallidus, and the substantia innominata. Pathways consisting of fibers traced from ChAT-containing cells in the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus could be traced to medial structures such as the periaqueductal gray, ventral tegmental area and dorsal raphe. Medially placed ChAT fibers were additionally followed through the ventral tegmental area, the midline thalamus, and the hypothalamus, up to the medial and lateral septal nuclei. The trajectories of the ascending cholinergic pathways from the pontomesencephalon are discussed in relation to locally generated electrophysiological responses in the cat. © 1990.
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