ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION OF NORADRENERGIC INNERVATION IN THE HABENULA - A NEUROCHEMICAL STUDY
ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION OF NORADRENERGIC INNERVATION IN THE HABENULA - A NEUROCHEMICAL STUDY
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(83)90990-3
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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2.9
通讯作者:
GOTTESFELD, Z
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GOTTESFELD, Z
The distribution of norepinephrine (NE) was chemically mapped in discrete regions of the rat habenula (Hb). The contribution of both peripheral sympathetic and central noradrenergic sources to habenula NE was quantified following selective deafferentations. NE is distributed heterogeneously in discrete Hb regions. After superior cervical ganglionectomy, a small (26%) but significant (P < 0.05) decrease in NE occurred only the medial Hb (MHb), while NE in the lateral Hb (LHb) remained unaltered. Deafferentation of central noradrenergic innervation, such as lesions in the ascending dorsal noradrenergic bundle (DNB), caused a marked decrease in NE in both MHb (53%) and LHb (50%). Lesioning the dorsal longitudinal fasciculus resulted in NE loss in both MHb and LHb by 31%. These data corroborate the histofluorescent demonstration of the noradrenergic innervation of the Hb.