Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Rostral ventrolateral medulla: a source of the glutamatergic innervation of the sympathetic intermediolateral nucleus

by Shaun F. Morrison, Janie Callaway, Teresa A. Milner and Donald J. Reis


The purpose of this study was to demonstrate whether or not neurons in the RVLM contribute to the glutamatergic innervation of the intermediolateral (IML) nucleus in the spinal cord. This was done by injecting PHA-L (anterograde label) into the RVLM and subsequently treating the IML with PAP to detect PHA-L. The results confirmed that the axon terminals of RVLM neurons that project to the IML contain glutamate-like immunoreactivity and make excitatory contacts upon local dendrites.


Short but sweet!

-BH

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