Serotonergic projections to the caudal brain stem: a double label study using horseradish peroxidase and serotonin immunocytochemistry |
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| Authors: | R.P. Yezierski R.M. Bowker G.A. Kevetter K.N. Westlund J.D. Coulter W.D. Willis |
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| Affiliation: | Marine Biomedical Institute and Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Physiology and Biophysics and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX, 77550-2772, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Cells of origin of serotonergic and non-serotonergic projections to the caudal brain stem in the primate were examined using a double label technique. Following HRP injections into medullary raphe nuclei and the adjacent reticular formation double labeled cells were found in the dorsal raphe nucleus, the central superior nucleus and the ventrolateral tegmentum. Retrogradely labeled cells that did not stain for serotonin-like immunoreactivity were found primarily in the periaqueductal gray (PAG) and the mesencephalic and pontine reticular formation. The results are discussed in relation to the descending pathway(s) mediating the effects of PAG stimulation. |
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| Keywords: | double label serotonin horseradish peroxidase dorsal raphe periaqueductal gray immunocytochemistry |
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