Cholinergic and non-cholinergic neurons of cat basal forebrain project to reticular and mediodorsal thalamic nuclei

Brain Res. 1987 Apr 7;408(1-2):372-6. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(87)90408-2.

Abstract

Choline acetyltransferase immunohistochemistry combined with the retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase showed that the reticular and mediodorsal thalamic nuclei of the cat receive an important input from cholinergic and non-cholinergic neurons of substantia innominata and adjacent structures in the basal forebrain.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Basal Ganglia / anatomy & histology*
  • Brain Mapping
  • Cats
  • Choline O-Acetyltransferase / analysis
  • Cholinergic Fibers / anatomy & histology*
  • Cholinergic Fibers / enzymology
  • Frontal Lobe / anatomy & histology*
  • Frontal Lobe / cytology
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Horseradish Peroxidase
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Substantia Innominata / anatomy & histology*
  • Substantia Innominata / cytology
  • Thalamic Nuclei / anatomy & histology*
  • Wheat Germ Agglutinin-Horseradish Peroxidase Conjugate
  • Wheat Germ Agglutinins

Substances

  • Wheat Germ Agglutinin-Horseradish Peroxidase Conjugate
  • Wheat Germ Agglutinins
  • Horseradish Peroxidase
  • Choline O-Acetyltransferase