Kölliker-Fuse nucleus: the principal source of pontine catecholaminergic cells projecting to the lumbar spinal cord of cat.
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Using retrograde transport of the fluorescent dye Evans Blue (EB), in combination with glyoxylic acid histofluorescence, the ponto-spinal catecholaminergic pathways were investigated. The cells which contain catecholamine and project to the lumbar spinal cord of the cat are most densely concentrated in the Kölliker-Fuse nucleus. Locus coeruleus, the subcoeruleus area, and the parabrachial nuclei were found to have relatively few cells that both contain catecholamine and project to the lumbar spinal cord.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Brain research
دوره 239 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1982