Evidence for cholecystokinin-like immunoreactive neurons in the rat medulla oblongata which project to the spinal cord

P. W. Mantyh, S. P. Hunt

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Abstract

The distribution of cholecystokinin-like immunoreactive (CCK-LI) neurons has been mapped in the rat medulla after local and intracerebroventricular colchicine injections. CCK-positive neurons were found in the nucleus raphe magnus, nucleus raphe pallidus, nucleus raphe obscurus, nucleus paragigantocellularis pars α, and a population of ventral medullary neurons. Combined retrograde tracing with the fluorescent dye True Blue and indirect immunofluorescence for visualizing CCK neurons suggested that there was a CCK-LI system originating in the medulla and projecting to the spinal cord. Additional double labelling experiments established that some of these CCK-LI containing neurons also contain 5-HT.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)49-54
Number of pages6
JournalBrain Research
Volume291
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 16 1984

Keywords

  • 5-HT
  • True Blue
  • cholecystokinin
  • coexistence
  • medulla
  • raphe
  • spinal cord

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Neuroscience(all)
  • Molecular Biology
  • Clinical Neurology
  • Developmental Biology

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