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  • 1
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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Experimental brain research 73 (1988), S. 69-77 
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Keywords: Catecholamine ; Dopamine ; Dorsal raphe nucleus ; Retrograde tracer ; Ventral tegmental area
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The origins of the dopaminergic innervation of the rat dorsal raphe nucleus (NRD) have been investigated using a combination of fluorescent retrograde tracing and fluorescence histochemistry. Stereotaxic microinjections of True Blue were placed in the central, caudal and lateral portions of the NRD, and after 6–12 days survival the brains were processed for fluorescence histochemical detection of catecholamines. Retrogradely labeled neurons were searched for in the diencephalic A11 and A13 dopaminergic cell groups, substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area (VTA) and the linear, central superior and dorsal raphe nuclei. The various NRD injections consistently resulted in retrograde labeling of a small number of catecholamine-containing, presumed dopaminergic cell bodies, confined mainly to three regions: the VTA, the linear and central superior raphe nuclei and the NRD itself. The present findings indicate that not only dopaminergic neurons in the VTA but also the system of catecholamine-containing cells, extending dorsally and caudally from the VTA within the midline raphe area, project to the NRD. Although often similar in size, shape and distribution to the catecholaminergic neurons the majority of retrogradely labeled cells in these regions were, however, found to be non-catecholaminergic.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Keywords: Medial septum ; Diagonal band of Broca ; Acetylcholine ; Dorsal raphe nucleus ; Central superior raphe nucleus
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The anatomical organization of projections from the medial septal nucleus (MS), and the vertical (VDB) and horizontal limb (HDB) of the diagonal band of Broca to the dorsal raphe nucleus (NRD) and the central superior raphe nucleus (RCS) of the rat were studied by anterograde [3H]-leucine, and True Blue and Fluoro Gold fluorescent retrograde tracing. Projections from the MS were found to enter the basal mesencephalon at the rostro-medial aspect of the pontine nuclei, curve dorsally and terminate throughout the RCS and in the caudal portion of the NRD. Fibers from the VDB were found to enter these raphe nuclei by two separate routes; some fibers reached the basal mesencephalon, curved dorsally and terminated in the RCS and NRD. Other fibers entered the pedunculopontine nucleus, curved medially and reached the NRD. Presumed terminal labelling was found overlaying the RCS and NRD throughout their rostro-caudal extensions. The brain stem projections from HDB entered the mesencephalon by the same routes as those from VDB, but the labelling over RCS was sparse, and the NRD labelling was preferentially distributed to the rostral portion of the nucleus. The present data indicate a crude topographic organization of the projections from the septal region to the NRD and RCS. In general, the distribution of presumed terminal labelling appeared to be more closely associated with the distribution of NRD and RCS 5-HT immunoreactive cell bodies, than with the cytoarchitectonically defined extensions of these raphe nuclei. By sequential evaluation of the distribution of retrogradely labelled and acetylcholine esterase-stained cells on the same section, and by selective tracing with radiolabelled choline, it appears that the vast majority, if not all, of the neurons in MS and diagonal band which project to the rostral raphe are non-cholinergic.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Keywords: Hippocampus ; Noradrenaline ; Habenula ; Microdialysis ; Rat
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Hippocampal extracellular levels of noradrenaline (NA) were monitored with the microdialysis technique during electrical stimulation of the lateral habenula (LHb) in halothane anaesthetized rats. The steady state NA level was 20.8±4.6 fmole/15 min of perfusion (mean ± SEM). Electrical stimulation of the LHb for 15 min (15 Hz, 0.5 mA) induced an immediate 228±48% increase in hippocampal NA release, compared to the pre-stimulation baseline (p〈0.05). A second stimulation 90 min later induced a similar increase. The effect of LHb stimulation was completely abolished by a knife cut transecting the dorsal NA bundle either immediately rostral to the locus coeruleus or at the level of the parafascicular nucleus. This suggests that the effect was dependent on nerve impulses flow in the coeruleo-hippocampal NA neurons, and was not mediated, e.g., by a local spread of electricity into the hippocampus. Since the LHb has previously been shown to be a powerful activator of the mesencephalic raphe nuclei we tested whether the effect was mediated via the serotonergic system. However, the effect of LHb stimulation on hippocampal NA release persisted after 5,7-di-hydroxytryptamine treatment and after complete radiofrequency lesions of the dorsal and central superior raphe nuclei. The present data suggest that electrical stimulation of the LHb can increase hippocampal NA release through an activation of the locus coeruleus, and that this effect is not dependent on the mesencephalic raphe nuclei. The results support the role of the LHb as a link for limbic and striatal forebrain activation of brain stem monoaminergic systems.
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