Topographical distributions of endomorphinergic pathways from nucleus tractus solitarii to periaqueductal gray in the rat

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy
Bo-Chang LvYun-Qing Li

Abstract

In the central nervous system (CNS), endomorphin 1 (EM1)- and endomorphin 2 (EM2)-containing neuronal cell bodies have been found in the nucleus tractus sollitarii (NTS) and the hypothalamus, and EMergic fibers and terminals are distributed widely in many regions of the CNS, including the periaqueductal gray (PAG). The aim of the present study was to examine whether EM-expressing neurons in the NTS of the rat send their axons to the PAG, and determine whether the EMergic pathway from the NTS to the PAG is topographic by using. Immunofluorescent staining for EM1 or EM2 combined with retrograde and anterograde tract-tracing methods. The results showed that after injecting tetramethyl rhodamine dextran-amine (TMR) into the ventrolateral or lateral column of the PAG, some EM1- or EM2-immunoreactive (IR) neurons in the NTS were retrogradely labeled with TMR, and the majority of the EM-IR/TMR double-labeled neurons were mainly distributed in the medial and commissural subnuclei of the NTS. Following injection of biotinylated dextran amine (BDA) into the medial or commissural subnucleus of the NTS, EM1-IR/BDA and EM2-IR/BDA double-labeled fibers and terminals were mainly distributed in the ventrolateral or lateral column of the PAG, r...Continue Reading

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