Evidence for an intracerebellar acetylcholinesterase-rich but probably non-cholinergic flocculo-nodular projection in the rat

Brain Res. 1983 Jan 3;258(1):115-9. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(83)91234-9.

Abstract

A combination of a retrograde fluorescent dye tracing technique and staining for acetylcholinesterase (AChE) after di-isopropyl-phosphorofluoridate (DFP) pretreatment was used to identify cells which project to the nodulus, flocculus or cerebellar hemisphere. Spindle-shaped AChE-rich cells in the floccular stalk project to the flocculus, nodulus and uvula, but not to the cerebellar hemispheres. Bilateral removal of the flocculi and paraflocculi, however, decreased significantly only AChE, and not choline acetyltransferase, in nodulus or uvula.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylcholinesterase / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Cerebellum / cytology*
  • Cerebellum / enzymology*
  • Choline O-Acetyltransferase / metabolism*
  • Cholinergic Neurons / cytology
  • Cholinergic Neurons / enzymology*
  • Male
  • Neural Pathways
  • Neuroanatomical Tract-Tracing Techniques
  • Rats

Substances

  • Choline O-Acetyltransferase
  • Acetylcholinesterase