1991
Subregions of the periaqueductal gray topographically innervate the rostral ventral medulla in the rat
van Bockstaele E, Aston‐Jones G, Pieribone V, Ennis M, Shipley M. Subregions of the periaqueductal gray topographically innervate the rostral ventral medulla in the rat. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1991, 309: 305-327. PMID: 1717516, DOI: 10.1002/cne.903090303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentromedial periaqueductal grayDorsal periaqueductal grayPeriaqueductal grayVentrolateral periaqueductal grayVentromedial partWheat germ agglutinin-conjugated horseradish peroxidaseAgglutinin-conjugated horseradish peroxidaseDistinct fiber pathwaysRetrograde tracing resultsRostral ventral medullaEdinger-Westphal nucleusDorsomedial periaqueductal graySupraoculomotor nucleusDistinct subregionsNucleus paragigantocellularisVentrolateral medullaVentral medullaPAG neuronsNucleus ambiguusFluoro-GoldRetrograde tracerCentral grayInnervation patternAnterograde labelingAnterograde tracer
1989
Diverse afferents converge on the nucleus paragigantocellularis in the rat ventrolateral medulla: Retrograde and anterograde tracing studies
Van Bockstaele E, Pieribone V, Aston‐Jones G. Diverse afferents converge on the nucleus paragigantocellularis in the rat ventrolateral medulla: Retrograde and anterograde tracing studies. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1989, 290: 561-584. PMID: 2482306, DOI: 10.1002/cne.902900410.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWheat germ agglutinin-conjugated horseradish peroxidaseAgglutinin-conjugated horseradish peroxidaseNucleus paragigantocellularisVentrolateral medullaSolitary tractPeriaqueductal grayLocus coeruleusCochlear nucleusAnterograde labelingMajor afferentsPontine nucleus locus coeruleusSupraoculomotor nucleusCaudal raphe groupsRat ventrolateral medullaRostral ventrolateral medullaRetrograde tracers wheat germ agglutinin-conjugated horseradish peroxidaseNucleus locus coeruleusKölliker-Fuse nucleusVentral central grayMedial prefrontal cortexCollicular injectionsDiverse afferentsMinor afferentsMost laminaeCaudal injection
1986
The Brain Nucleus Locus Coeruleus: Restricted Afferent Control of a Broad Efferent Network
Aston-Jones G, Ennis M, Pieribone V, Nickell W, Shipley M. The Brain Nucleus Locus Coeruleus: Restricted Afferent Control of a Broad Efferent Network. Science 1986, 234: 734-737. PMID: 3775363, DOI: 10.1126/science.3775363.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocus coeruleusWheat germ agglutinin conjugated horseradish peroxidaseParaventricular hypothalamic nucleusNucleus locus coeruleusConjugated horseradish peroxidaseMinor afferentsAfferent neuronsRetrograde labelingHypothalamic nucleiIntermediate grayElectrophysiologic experimentsFocal injectionsPrepositus hypoglossiRostral medullaDorsal capAfferent controlBrain nucleiCoeruleusEfferent networkBrain regionsAnatomic organizationAbsence of inputParagigantocellularisAfferentsHypoglossi