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Hypothalamic axons terminate on forebrain cholinergic neurons: an ultrastructural double-labeling study using PHA-L tracing and ChAT immunocytochemistry. Brain Res 1989 Feb 06;479(1):177-84

Date

02/06/1989

Pubmed ID

2924147

DOI

10.1016/0006-8993(89)91350-4

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0024496309 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   56 Citations

Abstract

A correlated light and electron microscopic study combining choline acetyltransferase immunocytochemistry with anterograde tracing of Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin revealed that axons of lateral hypothalamic neurons terminate on forebrain cholinergic projection cells. This finding is discussed in relation to direct and indirect corticopetal systems.

Author List

Zaborszky L, Cullinan WE

Author

William E. Cullinan PhD Adjunct Associate Professor in the Neurosurgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Animals
Choline O-Acetyltransferase
Cholinergic Fibers
Frontal Lobe
Hypothalamic Area, Lateral
Male
Microscopy, Electron
Nerve Endings
Neural Pathways
Phytohemagglutinins
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains