Serotonergic and non-serotonergic projections from the raphe nuclei to the piriform cortex in the rat: a cholera toxin B subunit (CTb) and 5-HT immunohistochemical study

Brain Research
F DaticheM Cattarelli

Abstract

Retrograde axonal transport of the cholera toxin B subunit (CTb) was combined with 5-HT immunohistochemistry to determine the origin of the serotonergic innervation of the piriform cortex (PC) in the rat. After iontophoretic CTb injections in the PC, a substantial number of retrogradely labeled cells were found in the middle and medio-ventral part of the dorsal raphe nucleus (RD). A few retrogradely labeled cells were also observed in the median raphe nucleus (MnR) and the B9 serotonergic cell groups. Following CTb and 5-HT immunohistochemistry on the same sections, double-labeled cells were observed in the RD, MnR and B9 groups. In the RD, 30% of CTb stained cells were immunoreactive to 5-HT. After colchicine or nialamide (a monoamine oxidase inhibitor) pretreatment the percentage of these double-labeled cells reached 70%. These results indicate that both 5-HT and non-5-HT neurons in the RD innervate the PC and that the percentage of double-labeled cells is influenced by drug pretreatment. To determine the terminal fields of the RD efferent fibers in the PC, injections of the anterograde tracer PHA-L were also performed. Analysis of the fiber distribution in the PC further revealed some medio-lateral and antero-posterior diffe...Continue Reading

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