Demonstration of a bilateral projection from the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract to the medial parabrachial nucleus in rat

Brain Research

Volumn 737, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 231-237

  Williams, Justin B ^a   Murphy, David M ^a   Reynolds, Kathryn E ^a   Welch, Sean J ^a   King, Michael S ^a  

^a STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Biotinylated dextran; DiI; Gustatory; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Projection neuron; Taste

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030597070     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00736-6     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. [1] Beckman, M.E. and Whitehead, M.C., Intramedullary connections of the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract in the hamster, Brain Res., 557 (1991) 265-279.
2. [2] Bradley, R.M., Mistretta, C.M., Bates, C.A. and Killackey, H.P., Transganglionic transport of HRP from the circumvallate papilla of the rat, Brain Res., 276 (1985) 154-161.
3. [3] Contreras, R.J., Beckstead, R.M. and Norgren, R., The central projections of the trigeminal, facial, glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves: an autoradiographic study in the rat, J. Auton. Nerv. Syst., 6 (1982) 303-322.
4. [4] DiLorenzo, P.M. and Monroe, S., Corticofugal input to taste-responsive units in the parabrachial pons, Brain Res. Bull., 29 (1992) 925-930.
5. [5] Hamilton, R.B. and Norgren, R., Central projections of gustatory nerves in the rat, J. Comp. Neurol., 222 (1984) 560-577.
6. [6] Honig, M.G. and Hume, R.I., Dil and DiO: versatile fluorescent dyes for neuronal labelling and pathway tracing, TINS, 12 (1989) 333-341.
7. [7] King, M.S. and Bradley, R.M., Relationship between structure and function of neurons in the rat rostral nucleus tractus solitarii, J. Comp. Neurol., 344 (1994) 50-64.
8. [8] King, M.S. and Murphy, D.M., Morphology of projection neurons in the rat rostral nucleus of the solitary tract (rNST) and evidence for a projection to the rNST from the basomedial amygdala, Soc. Neurosci., 24 (1994) Abstract No. 402.4.
9. [9] King, M.S., Wang, L. and Bradley, R.M., Substance P excites neurons in the gustatory zone of the rat nucleus tractus solitarius, Brain Res., 619 (1993) 120-130.
10. [10] Krukoff, T.L., Harris, K.H. and Jhamandas, J.H., Efferent projections from the parabrachial nucleus demonstrated with the anterograde tracer Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin, Brain Res. Bull., 30 (1993) 163-172.
11. [11] Lasiter, P.S., Glanzman, D.L. and Mensah, P.A., Direct connectivity between pontine taste areas and gustatory neocortex in rat, Brain Res., 234 (1982) 111-121.
12. [12] Lasiter, P.S. and Kachele, D.L., Organization of GABA and GABA-transaminase containing neurons in the gustatory zone of the nucleus of the solitary tract, Brain Res. Bull., 21 (1988) 623-636.
13. [13] Moga, M.M., Herbert, H., Hurley, K.M., Yasui, Y., Gray, T.S. and Saper, C.B., Organisation of the cortical, basal forebrain, and hypothalamic afferents to the parabrachial nucleus in the rat, J. Comp. Neurol., 295 (1990) 624-661.
14. [14] Monroe, S. and DiLorenzo, P.M., Taste responses in neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract that do and do not project to the parabrachial pons, J. Neurophysiol., 74 (1995) 249-257.
15. [15] Murphy, D.M., Nystrom, M., Crews, E.C., Reynolds, K.E. and King, M.S., Morphology and location of neurons in the rat rostral NST which project to the parabrachial nucleus and an investigation of the chemical nature of the projection from the central amygdala to the rNST, Chem. Senses, 20 (1995) 749.
16. [16] Norgren, R., Projections from the nucleus of the solitary tract in the rat, Neuroscience, 3 (1978) 207-218.
17. [17] Norgren, R., Taste pathways to hypothalamus and amygdala, J. Comp. Neurol., 166 (1976) 17-30.
18. [18] Norgren, R. and Leonard, C.M., Ascending central gustatory pathways, J. Comp. Neurol., 150 (1973) 217-238.
19. [19] Norgren, R. and Pfaffmann, C., The pontine taste area in the rat, Brain Res., 91 (1975) 99-117.
20. [20] Ogawa, H., Imoto, T. and Hayama, T., Responsiveness of solitario-parabrachial relay neurons to taste and mechanical stimulation applied to the oral cavity in rats, Exp. Brain Res., 54 (1984) 349-358.
21. [21] Paxinos, G. and Watson, C., The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, 2nd edn., Academic Press, New York, 1986.
22. [22] Saper, C.B. and Loewy, A.D., Efferent connections of the parabrachial nucleus in the rat, Brain Res., 197 (1980) 291-317.
23. [23] Spector, A.C., Norgren, R. and Grill, H.J., Parabrachial gustatory lesions impair taste aversion learning in rats, Behav. Neurosci., 106 (1992) 147-161.
24. [24] Torvik, A., Afferent connections to the sensory trigeminal nuclei, the nucleus of the solitary tract and adjacent structures, J. Comp. Neurol., 106 (1956) 51-132.
25. [25] Travers, J.B., Efferent projections from the anterior nucleus of the solitary tract of the hamster, Brain Res., 457 (1988) 1-11.
26. [26] Whitehead, M.C., Subdivisions and neuron types of the nucleus of the solitary tract that project to the parabrachial nucleus in the hamster, J. Comp. Neurol., 276 (1990) 554-574.