CHOLINERGIC PROJECTIONS FROM THE BASAL FOREBRAIN TO FRONTAL, PARIETAL, TEMPORAL, OCCIPITAL, AND CINGULATE CORTICES - A COMBINED FLUORESCENT TRACER AND ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE ANALYSIS
CHOLINERGIC PROJECTIONS FROM THE BASAL FOREBRAIN TO FRONTAL, PARIETAL, TEMPORAL, OCCIPITAL, AND CINGULATE CORTICES - A COMBINED FLUORESCENT TRACER AND ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE ANALYSIS
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DOI:
10.1016/0361-9230(82)90101-0
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
BUTCHER, LL
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作者:
BIGL, V;WOOLF, NJ;BUTCHER, LL
The morphologies, intercellular organization and cortical projection patterns of putative cholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain of the rat were examined by use of fluorescent tracer histology in combination with the pharmacohistochemical regimen for acetylcholinesterase (AChE). Intensely staining AChE-containing cells projecting to frontal sensorimotor (Area 10), parietal (Area 2) and temporal (Area 41) cortices were found ipsilaterally in nucleus preopticus magnocellularis, in nucleus basalis and in associationm with the substantial innominata, the ansa lenticularis and the lateral hypothalamic area; an essentially rostrocaudal topography was observed for these projections. AChE-containing pathways to cingulate (Area 29) and visual (Area 17) cortices derived from ipsilateral somata associated with the vertical and horizontal limbs of the diagonal band, nucleus preopticus magnocellularis, rostral portions of nucleus basalis and the substantia innominata. Neurons innervating Area 29 were generally located more rostrally than those giving rise to AChE afferents to Area 17. The majority of cells appeared to innervate relatively discrete areas of the cortex. Evidence for collaterialization was found only in neurons projecting to visual and cingulate cortices; these represented only 3.2% of the cells providing AChE afferents to Areas 17 and 29. The basal forebrain AChE projection cells were typically large (> 25 .mu.m in maximum cell body extent), and their somata were predominantly oval, with lesser proportions being fusiform or triangular. Many were organized in clusters, particularly in nucleus basalis.