THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROJECTION FROM THE HIPPOCAMPAL-FORMATION TO THE NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS IN THE RAT - AN ANTEROGRADE-HORSERADISH AND RETROGRADE-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE STUDY
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROJECTION FROM THE HIPPOCAMPAL-FORMATION TO THE NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS IN THE RAT - AN ANTEROGRADE-HORSERADISH AND RETROGRADE-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE STUDY
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DOI:
10.1016/0306-4522(82)90198-1
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
DOMESICK, VB
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作者:
KELLEY, AE;DOMESICK, VB
The distribution and organization of the projection from the hippocampal formation to the nucleus accumbens in the rat was investigated. In the 1st experiments, horseradish peroxidase was injected into the fimbria fornicis. Massive anterograde labeling of fornix fibers resulted, enabling the hippocampo-accumbens projection to be charted in detail. Labeled fornix fibers were distributed to the entire length of the nuclues accumbens and did not spread lateral to the anterior limb of the anterior commissure, the projection was limited to the medial nucleus accumbens. Terminal labeling was particularly dense in a caudal dorsomedial sector of accumbens immediately adjacent to the septum. Horseradish peroxidase was microelectrophoretically injected into the nuclues accumbens, to confirm the findings from the anterograde experiments. When the deposit was localized within the fornix distribution field retrogradely-labeled cells were observed in the subiculum, prosubiculum and, to a lesser extent, in hippocampal field CAI. When the deposit was located outside the fornix distribution field, no hippocampal labeling was noted. The topography of the projection was discussed. A projection from the hippocampal formation to the nucleus accumbens was confirmed. The use of a relatively novel anterograde-horseradish peroxidase technique, provided a picture of fiber labeling representing the entire field of origin of the fornix system. The striatal projection field of this pathway is discussed in relation to other striatal afferents, with particular emphasis on limbic afferentiation of the striatum. The so-called ''hippocampal district'' of striatum was discussed with respect to its neurotransmitter composition, as well as its functional importance regarding limbic system influence on central motor mechanisms.