Mapping of neurokinin-like immunoreactivity in the human brainstem |
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Authors: | Rafael Coveñas Francisco Martin Magdalena Belda Victor Smith Pablo Salinas Eva Rivada Zaida Diaz-Cabiale Jose Angel Narvaez Pilar Marcos Gerard Tramu Salvador Gonzalez-Baron |
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Institution: | 1. Laboratory of Neuroanatomy of the Peptidergic Systems, Institute of Neurosciences of Castilla y León (INCYL), School of Medicine, Salamanca, Spain 2. Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain 3. Department of Physiology, University of Málaga, School of Medicine, Málaga, Spain 4. University of Castilla-La Mancha, School of Medicine, Human Anatomy and Embryology Area, Albacete, Spain 5. Laboratory of Functional Neurocytochemistry, University of Bordeaux I, C.N.R.S., Talence, France
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Abstract: | Background Using an indirect immunoperoxidase technique, we have studied the distribution of immunoreactive fibers and cell bodies containing neurokinin in the adult human brainstem with no prior history of neurological or psychiatric disease. Results Clusters of immunoreactive cell bodies and high densities of neurokinin-immunoreactive fibers were located in the periaqueductal gray, the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus and in the reticular formation of the medulla, pons and mesencephalon. Moreover, immunoreactive cell bodies were found in the inferior colliculus, the raphe obscurus, the nucleus prepositus hypoglossi, and in the midline of the anterior medulla oblongata. In general, immunoreactive fibers containing neurokinin were observed throughout the whole brainstem. In addition to the nuclei mentioned above, the highest densities of such immunoreactive fibers were located in the spinal trigeminal nucleus, the lateral reticular nucleus, the nucleus of the solitary tract, the superior colliculus, the substantia nigra, the nucleus ambiguus, the gracile nucleus, the cuneate nucleus, the motor hypoglossal nucleus, the medial and superior vestibular nuclei, the nucleus prepositus hypoglossi and the interpeduncular nucleus. Conclusion The widespread distribution of immunoreactive structures containing neurokinin in the human brainstem indicates that neurokinin might be involved in several physiological mechanisms, acting as a neurotransmitter and/or neuromodulator. |
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