Branching projections from subcoeruleus area neurons to medial preoptic area and cervical spinal cord revealed by double retrograde neuronal labeling

G Leanza; R Pellitteri; A Russo; S Stanzani

doi:10.1016/0304-3940(89)90477-1

Branching projections from subcoeruleus area neurons to medial preoptic area and cervical spinal cord revealed by double retrograde neuronal labeling

Neurosci Lett. 1989 Aug 14;103(1):11-6. doi: 10.1016/0304-3940(89)90477-1.

Authors

G Leanza¹, R Pellitteri, A Russo, S Stanzani

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Human Physiology, University of Catania, Italy.

PMID: 2476691
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(89)90477-1

Abstract

In this study we utilized a double retrograde axonal tracing technique to investigate the possible existence of collateralized axonal projections of subcoeruleus area neurons to both 'medial preoptic area (MPA) and cervical (C1-C3) spinal cord'. Following microinjections of fluorescent tracers (Fast blue (FB) and Diamidino yellow (DY) within MPA and C1-C3, substantial numbers of FB and DY single-labeled neurons as well as FB-DY double-labeled branched neurons have been found within subcoeruleus area.

MeSH terms

Amidines
Animals
Axonal Transport*
Fluorescent Dyes
Locus Coeruleus / cytology*
Male
Microscopy, Fluorescence
Neural Pathways / cytology
Neurons / cytology*
Preoptic Area / cytology*
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Spinal Cord / cytology*

Substances

Amidines
Fluorescent Dyes
diamidino compound 253-50
diamidino yellow