Atlas of the distribution of monoamine-containing nerve cell bodies in the brain stem of the cat

The Journal of Comparative Neurology
D Poitras, A Parent

Abstract

The distribution and morphological characteristics of monoamine (MA)-containing neuronal somata in the brain stem of kittens and of adult cats were studied by means of the Falck-Hillarp histofluorescence method. This investigation has shown, among other things, that in the midbrain of the cat the catecholamine (CA) perikarya are chiefly confined to the pars compacta of the substantia nigra, the ventromedial tegmental area, the nucleus linearis rostralis and the nucleus parabrachialis pigmentosus. Numerous CA neurons are also present in the dorsolateral part of the pontine tegmentum but also within the nucleus subcoeruleus, in nuclei lemnisci lateralis dorsalis and in nuclei parabrachialis lateralis and medialis. In the medulla, a few CA neuronal somata are lying near the hypoglossal nucleus whereas a larger number of CA cell bodies occur at the level of nucleus reticularis lateralis and in nucleus paragigantocellularis lateralis. On the other hand, most of the serotonin (5-HT) perikarya are confined to the raphe nuclei of the brain stem: nuclei raphe dorsalis, centralis superior, raphe pontis, raphe magnus, raphe pallidus and raphe obscurus. Some 5-HT neuronal somata are also found lateral to the pyramidal tract and to the infe...Continue Reading

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