Article
Pedunculopontine and laterodorsal tegmental nuclei contain distinct populations of cholinergic, glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons in the rat.
The European journal of neuroscience - 1 Jan 2009
Wang Hui-Ling, Morales Marisela
Abstract excerpt
The pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg) and laterodorsal tegmental nucleus (LDTg) provide cholinergic afferents to several brain areas. This cholinergic complex has been suggested to play a role in sleep, waking, motor function, learning and reward. To have a better understanding of the neurochemical organization of the PPTg/LDTg we characterized the phenotype of PPTg/LDTg neurons by determining in these...
Topics
- Acetylcholine
- Animals
- Choline O-Acetyltransferase
- Glutamate Decarboxylase
- Glutamic Acid
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization
- Male
- Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus
- Periaqueductal Gray
- Phenotype
- RNA, Messenger
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley