1992
Serotonin-, substance P- and glutamate/aspartate-like immunoreactivities in medullo-spinal pathways of rat and primate
Nicholas AP, Pieribone VA, Arvidsson U, Hökfelt T. Serotonin-, substance P- and glutamate/aspartate-like immunoreactivities in medullo-spinal pathways of rat and primate. Neuroscience 1992, 48: 545-559. PMID: 1376453, DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(92)90401-m.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAspartate-like immunoreactivityExcitatory amino acidsSubstance PColchicine-treated ratsSpinal cordLarger alpha motor neuronsB3 cell groupSubstance P neuronsAlpha motor neuronsGlutamate-like immunoreactivityTripeptide thyrotropin-releasing hormoneDistribution of serotoninThyrotropin-releasing hormoneUndecapeptide substance PImmunohistofluorescence techniqueMedullary neuronsImmunoreactive neuronsRaphe neuronsVentral hornRetrograde tracingSerotonergic neuronsMedulla oblongataSpinal projectionsLarge boutonsAutonomic cells
1990
Anatomical evidence for multiple pathways leading from the rostral ventrolateral medulla (nucleus paragigantocellularis) to the locus coeruleus in rat
Astier B, Van Bockstaele E, Aston-Jones G, Pieribone V. Anatomical evidence for multiple pathways leading from the rostral ventrolateral medulla (nucleus paragigantocellularis) to the locus coeruleus in rat. Neuroscience Letters 1990, 118: 141-146. PMID: 2274260, DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(90)90612-d.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRostral ventrolateral medullaLocus coeruleusPhenylethanolamine N-methyltransferaseVentrolateral medullaFluoro-GoldNucleus locus coeruleusNon-lesioned animalsNeurons persistC1 neuronsAfferent neuronsAdrenergic inputSuch lesionsLesionsAnatomical evidenceRatsRetrograde transportCoeruleusMedullaNeuronsMultiple pathways