Afferents to the nucleus reticularis parvicellularis of the cat medulla oblongata: a tract-tracing study with cholera toxin B subunit

The Journal of Comparative Neurology
P FortM Jouvet

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine anatomical evidence in cats of whether the nucleus reticularis parvicellularis (Pc) is part of the circuit responsible for the inhibition of brainstem motoneurons during paradoxical sleep. For this purpose, we made iontophoretic injections of the retrograde and anterograde tracer cholera toxin B subunit (CTb) in the Pc. After CTb injections in the Pc, a large number of retrogradely labeled neurons were seen in the central nucleus of the amygdala, the lateral part of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, the posterior hypothalamic areas, the mesencephalic reticular formation, the nucleus locus subcoeruleus, the nucleus pontis caudalis, other portions of the Pc, the nucleus reticularis dorsalis, the trigeminal sensory complex, and the nucleus of the solitary tract. We further found that the Pc receives 1) serotoninergic afferents from the raphe dorsalis, magnus, and obscurus nuclei; 2) noradrenergic inputs from the dorsolateral pontine tegmentum; 3) cholinergic afferents from the lateral medullary reticular formation; 4) substance P-like afferents from the central nucleus of the amygdala, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, periaqueductal gray, and nucleus of the solitary tract; and 5) met...Continue Reading

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