Descending projections from brainstem and sensorimotor cortex to spinal enlargements in the cat. Single and double retrograde tracer studies

Experimental Brain Research
N L Hayes, A Rustioni

Abstract

Single and double retrograde tracer techniques were employed in cats to investigate: (1) the topographical relationships between supraspinal neurons projecting to either the brachial or lumbosacral enlargement, (2) the distribution and relative frequency of single supraspinal neurons which project to both enlargements by means of axonal branching. In one group of cats large injections of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) were made throughout either the brachial or lumbosacral enlargement. The results from these experiments support recent observations on the multiplicity of brainstem centers giving origin to descending spinal pathways and provide evidence for a population of corticospinal neurons in area 6. In a second set of experiments, HRP was injected in one enlargement, and 3H-apo-HRP (enzymatically inactive) was injected in the other enlargement. Relatively large numbers of neurons with collateral projections to both enlargements (double-labeled) were observed in the medullary and pontine reticular formation, the medial and inferior vestibular nuclei bilaterally, the ipsilateral lateral vestibular nucleus, Edinger-Westphal nucleus, caudal midline raphe nuclei and nuclear regions surrounding the brachium conjunctivum. By contras...Continue Reading

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